How to install the latest version of FileZilla on Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04, enabling the use of FTP, FTPS, and SFTP for connecting and working with Hosting and VPS. Additionally, learn how to effectively use FileZilla.
How to install FileZilla on Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 latest version
FileZilla Client supports FTP, FTP, FTP, FTPS and SFTP over TLS (FTPS) and SFTP. It is open-source software freely distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
FileZilla Advanced Features
- Powerful Site Manager and Transfer Queue
- Drag and drop support
- Configurable baud rate limit
- Filename filter
- Compare folders
- IPv6 support
- Available in multiple languages
- Support resume and transfer large files > 4GB
- Edit files remotely
- Keep-alive
- Supports HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy
- Write to file
- Synchronized folder browsing
- Remote file search
- Tabbed User Interface
Install FileZilla with APT command
Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open a terminal and run the following commands in turn:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade sudo apt install filezilla
If running the install command shows a repository error, please retype the following commands in turn
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xtradeb/apps sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade sudo apt install filezilla
Other PPA, if any PPA fails try another PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sicklylife/filezilla
After installing FileZilla on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04, FileZilla FTP Client can be opened from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal. To open with command, on the terminal run command Filezilla
filezilla
Or type Filezilla in from the search menu and click Add to Favorites to add it to the menu taskbar.
How to Uninstall FileZilla & Remove PPA
To remove the Ubuntu PPA, specifically, Filezilla, copy the command below into the terminal and enter. For example with the above, we have added repository ppa:xtradeb/apps
, so the delete command will be.
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:xtradeb/apps sudo apt remove --auto-remove filezilla
How to use Filezilla to connect to Server / Hosting
You can also use a combination of Filezilla with sublime text 3 to easily edit files.
To edit the file downloaded with filezilla, open Filezilla and select -> Edit -> Settings -> File editing.
In the default editor section, select User custom editor. If you install sublime text 3, click Browser to find the path to the sublime text file. (/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text). And click OK
To connect Filezilla to your hosting or VPS, click the first icon (under the word File). Then do as shown below, of course hosting information, VPS or connection type FPT, SFPT, host, port, key file you need to set up correctly.
Above are the steps on how to install FileZilla 3.x on Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04 LTS with Terminal via PPA, using a combination of SSH, Filezilla, and sublime text to edit files. Why choose sublime text, it is using sublime text when saving and uploading to the server, and hosting will not have UTF-8 charset errors.
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