How to Install and Uninstall vsftpd Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "vsftpd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install vsftpd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall vsftpd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                vsftpd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vsftpd package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: vsftpd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.3-12
Priority: extra
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Keng-Yu Lin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 330
Provides: ftp-server
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.28), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), adduser, libpam-modules, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), netbase, procps
Recommends: logrotate, ssl-cert
Conflicts: ftp-server
Replaces: ftp-server
Filename: pool/main/v/vsftpd/vsftpd_3.0.3-12_amd64.deb
Size: 115168
MD5sum: 56bcd8733e098bf40097b54ca087ea17
SHA1: 037aac061034dc0652f23dd1b41a255902331b55
SHA256: 33f03b0ef44c8f180c7a0e2dde316287e160c1f1c2f5878017f1a2427b91c4ec
SHA512: 6e50db81d2e9e8cbce4ff51b5e9df258832025eb7a8db3440989ccb29f5e6f6cdc9036ccd32e98e7460cc2c0b89a0b1059bcb192e1c7bb4f8022c177c5e351e8
Homepage: http://vsftpd.beasts.org/
Description-en: lightweight, efficient FTP server written for security
This package provides the "Very Secure FTP Daemon", written from
the ground up with security in mind.
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It supports both anonymous and non-anonymous FTP access, PAM authentication,
bandwidth limiting, and the Linux sendfile() facility.
Description-md5: 81386f72ac91a5ea48f8db0b023f3f9b