How To Install Filezilla 3.8.1 Ubuntu, Xubuntu and Linux Mint

FileZilla 3.8.1 is a good, open-source FTP client, with support for FTP, SFTP, FTPS. It is also multi-platform, so it can be used on Linux, Windows, Mac or BSD.

Filezilla features:

In this article I will demonstrate to you you how to install Filezilla 3.7.1.1 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint.

Download FileZilla

You need to do is download the archive file and extract file using following command:

# cd /opt
For 32 bit
# wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/filezilla/FileZilla_Client/3.8.1/FileZilla_3.8.1_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2

64bit
# wget sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/files/FileZilla_Client/3.8.1/FileZilla_3.8.1_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2

Extract FileZilla 3.8.1

Extract the archive file using following command.

# tar -xjvf FileZilla_3.8.1_*-linux-gnu.tar.bz2

Symbolic Link of FileZilla

To access the filezilla from command we require to create a soft link of filezilla.

# cd /opt/FileZilla3/bin
# sudo chmod +x filezilla
# sudo ln -sf /opt/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla /usr/bin/filezilla

Access FileZilla

You can access FileZilla using following command:

# filezilla