How to Install and Uninstall lftp Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "lftp" package

This is a short guide on how to install lftp on openSuSE Tumbleweed

$ sudo zypper refresh $ sudo zypper install lftp

2. Uninstall "lftp" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall lftp on openSuSE Tumbleweed:

$ sudo zypper remove lftp

3. Information about the lftp package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package lftp:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : lftp
Version : 4.9.2-4.2
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 2.8 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : lftp-4.9.2-4.2.src
Upstream URL : http://lftp.yar.ru/
Summary : Command Line File Transfer Program
Description :
LFTP is a reliable shell-like command line FTP client. It can retry
operations and does reget automatically. It can do several transfers
simultaneously in the background. With LFTP, you can start a transfer
in the background and continue browsing that FTP site or another one.
This is all done in one process. Background jobs are completed in nohup
mode if you exit or close the modem connection. LFTP has reput, mirror,
and reverse mirror among its features. Since version 2.0, it also
supports the HTTP protocol. Other features include IPV6 support,
context sensitive completion, output redirection to files or to pipe,
FTP and HTTP proxy support, transfer rate throttling for each
connection and for all connections in sum, job queueing, job execution
at specified times, opie and skey support in the FTP protocol, SSL for
HTTP and FTP, and FXP transfers.