How to Install Filezilla in Ubuntu 16.04, 14.04 and LinuxMint 18

FileZilla is the most popular cross platform, opensource ftp client. FileZilla works as FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with many of features and an intuitive graphical user interface. Below is few key features of FileZilla

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Features of FileZilla

• Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
• Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and more
• Available in multiple languages
• Supports resume and transfer of large files >4GB
• Tabbed user interface
• Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue
• Drag & drop support
• Configurable transfer speed limits
• Directory comparison
• Network configuration wizard
• Remote file editing
• Synchronized directory browsing
• Remote file search

Install FileZilla in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

First we need to add PPA file in our system and then we can install it. Use following commands to complete the installation.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install filezilla

Open FileZilla

We can use GUI icon to start filezilla in our system or using below command on terminal

$ filezilla @