In this article, I will explain to you how to setup an SFTP server using MySecureShell on Ubuntu 18.04. SFTP is a secure way of transferring files using an encrypted SSH connection. Now, let us try gFTP installation on Ubuntu 18.04 follow below steps, sudo apt-get install gftp. Open gFTP Ubuntu ftp client guide Submitted by jinlusuh on Mon, 08/02/2010 - 21:47 We are going to use gftp as an example, which is a quite familiar ftp client in Linux community. Show gftp for other distributions. Distributions openSUSE Tumbleweed. official release Official. 2.0.19 1 Click Install. Download 32 Bit. Show experimental packages Show community packages. GNOME:Apps Experimental. 2.0.19 1 Click Install. So, when gFTP solved the problem without my having to spend hours gaping over a user manual, I gained considerable bragging rights with my cohorts. gFTP Primer gFTP is a multithreaded file transfer client for Linux-based machines. User access to the FTP server directories and files is dependent on the permissions defined for the account used at login. As a general rule, the FTP daemon will hide the root directory of the FTP server and change it to the FTP Home directory. vsftpd is an FTP daemon available in Ubuntu. It This wikiHow article will show you how to set up and connect to an FTP server from your Ubuntu Linux computer. FTP servers are useful for storing files from your computer and allowing others to browse them. [Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)] Package: wnpp The current maintainer of gftp, Cleto Martin , is apparently not active anymore. The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy. The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.3.0 instead of 3.9.3). I'm using gFTP (Gnu FTP V2.0.19) on Puppy Linux to FTP archives from Web sites. My package comes with ssh (which my host service does not support FAIK), and gftp (GUI mode only) which looks beautiful