That’s how you install FileZilla on your Ubuntu operating system. Now you can type in the details like hostname, username, password, port and click on “Quickconnect” to connect to any ftp server.

Step 4: Once FileZilla is installed, go to the Unity dash and type “ FileZilla” and click on the launcher icon of FileZilla.įileZilla FTP client GUI will start. It will take several minutes depending on your internet speed. VLC media player installation will start. Type in your user password and press Enter. Wait for it to finish, it will take some time if it’s the first time you’re running this command. Package repository update will start automatically. Run the following command and press enter, Because your Ubuntu operating system won’t have any idea that there is new VLC media player packages available. The repository is updated frequently, so if you have an old repository database on your Ubuntu system, you will end up installing an old version of VLC media player.

Step 2: Now it’s time to update the repository information of your Ubuntu operating system. Or you can right click on the Desktop and click on “Open Terminal”. You can also go to the Unity dashboard and search by the keyword “Terminal” and click on the terminal. You can open your terminal by pressing Control, Alt and T at the same time. Step 1: First open the terminal of your Ubuntu operating system. With basic I mean, how to open a terminal on Ubuntu and how to execute commands. Good internet connection to download the required software packages from the internet.A computer with Ubuntu operating system installed.To follow this tutorial, you need to have the following requirements: This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to install FileZilla FTP Client on Ubuntu. You may visit their official website at to learn more. The official website of FileZilla says, “FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.” FileZilla is web developer’s best friend. FileZilla is the most widely used FTP client.

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