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synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

pacman -S ftp?

There's a small little command-line client that I always use in linux that is very similar to ftp.com in windows.  When I pacman -S ftp, it says that it's not in the database.  I know it's there somewhere ... I just don't know the name of the package! 

This is a really basic question, I know, but if I search for "arch pacman ftp" or similar strings, you could imagine what I get.  It's just one of those things you can't search for

Thank you all!

PS - If you know a good graphical FTP client too, let me know

mingfal

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Registered: 2005-11-07

Posts: 32

Re: pacman -S ftp?

Maybe you can try the command-line client lftp or graphic client gftp.
And you can also simply use konqueror in KDE or Nautilus in Gnome to do the same thing.

filoktetes

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From: Skien, Norway

Registered: 2003-12-29

Posts: 287

Re: pacman -S ftp?

It's in netkit-ftp
And no, I don't know of any good desktop ftp client. gftp is the best I've tried so far, but it crashes when trasfering lots of files.

synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

Re: pacman -S ftp?

Ah cool!  netkit-ftp is exactly what I was looking for.  Thank you!

If anyone knows of a graphical client, don't be afraid to bump this thread   Also, I'm using XFCE, so I kinda wanna stay away from installing a mess of gnome or kde libraries.  I don't wanna have my laptop do bench press routines, it's like a thousand years old

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: pacman -S ftp?

I know it's there somewhere ... I just don't know the name of the package!

For future reference:

pacman -Ss ftp

That, along with the rest of pacman's goodness, can be found in

man pacman

alterkacker

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From: Peoples Republic of Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-08

Posts: 52

Re: pacman -S ftp?

My favorite is 'ncftp'. It's a character mode client that uses curses to give you a nice progress bar, and has lots of other handy features (e.g. filename autocompletion) besides.

JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: pacman -S ftp?

Good GUI FTP clients are the classical things:
- browser (though you can't upload with it)
- KDE programs, KDE comes with a FTP KIOslave that can be used from within every KDE open dialog, or konqueror for example
- Nautilus or some programs like gedit that support GnomeVFS for storing files

sebcactus

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From: Germany

Registered: 2005-01-27

Posts: 277

Re: pacman -S ftp?

And does anyone know how to use ftp with a socks proxy?
It seems gftp and lftp accept ftp and http proxy only.

Jacob

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Registered: 2005-03-19

Posts: 52

Re: pacman -S ftp?

And does anyone know how to use ftp with a socks proxy?
It seems gftp and lftp accept ftp and http proxy only.

This is very easy to set with Konqueror as your ftp client...

1.  Open Konqueror
2.  Click "Settings"
3.  Click "Configure Konqueror"
4.  Sixth item from the bottom on the left side is "Proxy"

You can easily set up many different types of proxies from this page.  Take a look...

Jacob

sebcactus

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From: Germany

Registered: 2005-01-27

Posts: 277

Re: pacman -S ftp?

Thansk for the help!
Unfortunately I don't use konqueror (nor kde and gnome actually) and would prefer not to install it just for the ftp (well perhaps I will if this is the only way)

Edit: it seems there is a plugin (fireFTP) for firefox. I will try that. I didn't think the web browsers could be used as a FTP client.