How to Install and Uninstall gesftpserver Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "gesftpserver" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gesftpserver on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Learn how to uninstall gesftpserver on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gesftpserver
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gesftpserver package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gesftpserver
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1~ds-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 102
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Enhances: openssh-server
Filename: pool/universe/g/gesftpserver/gesftpserver_1~ds-3_amd64.deb
Size: 35344
MD5sum: 511de1fa8f99f9a74a1e8335ebf693aa
SHA1: 9f97be3a468626b4bef2e5f3f28ab6860fb6c047
SHA256: 94f6b1350feb134ca51e3c22fac7087afe3a853cdeccd3960fe17fe625b5c4fd
SHA512: af450adb4f516199ef5570d1f18d5b191af25a387f8b23a2325298da441061224624ed5744274fd384269df64844890fde7cfb77e6ebbed6055224af9125bc8f
Homepage: https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/sftpserver/
Description-en: sftp server submodule for OpenSSH
Green End SFTP Server is an SFTP server
supporting up to protocol version 6.
It is possible to use it
as a drop-in replacement for the OpenSSH server
(which supports only protocol version 3).
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* Protocol versions 3 and higher:
* Upload and download files
* List files
* Create directories and symbolic links
* Rename and delete files
* Protocol versions 4 and higher:
* Filename encoding translation
* Text mode transfers
* String owner/group names (instead of numeric)
* Sub-second timestamps (where supported by server OS)
* Protocol versions 5 and higher:
* Extended rename semantics (e.g. atomic overwrite)
* Protocol versions 6 and higher:
* Create hard links
* Several SFTP extensions
.
Features of SFTP protocol versions are listed more detailed
at .
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Features beyond the v3 set depend on suitable client support.
A list of clients and the versions they support
is at .
Description-md5: 011bf3c9cfc00eeed577f085cca831a8