How to Install and Uninstall ftp Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "ftp" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ftp on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ftp" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ftp on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ftp
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ftp package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ftp
Source: netkit-ftp
Version: 0.17-34.1
Installed-Size: 137
Maintainer: Mats Erik Andersson
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libreadline7 (>= 6.0), netbase
Description: classical file transfer client
Description-md5: ce93e483dfc5fef0655f73f364b3c01c
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
network::client, protocol::ftp, role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses,
use::downloading, works-with::file
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/netkit-ftp/ftp_0.17-34.1_amd64.deb
Size: 59400
MD5sum: 2c1dcdff204db95eb7f4a7a6daa053ea
SHA256: e3ad88ea4ff441a28e253724bee614c3b4a6fdd88e31f65bf51d9dafe997f3da