How to Install and Uninstall ftpgrab Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "ftpgrab" package

This is a short guide on how to install ftpgrab on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall ftpgrab on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ftpgrab
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ftpgrab package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ftpgrab
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 119
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian T. Steigies
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1.5-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ftpgrab/ftpgrab_0.1.5-4_amd64.deb
Size: 34436
MD5sum: f43d7e1f16c87c9530bb55c1fc21fb13
SHA1: 976acb38363125b90d34409e18bccc7e9e184bb5
SHA256: 36a70cb9316bae1c322573266f2609e50797a802d41506eb4024a9829d048bf3
Description-en: file mirroring utility
ftpgrab is a utility for maintaining FTP mirrors. In fact not unlike the
"Mirror" perl program. However ftpgrab is oriented towards the smaller
site which doesn't have the resources to mirror entire version trees of
software.
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The primary "plus point" of ftpgrab is that it can base download decisions
by parsing version numbers out of filenames. For example, ftpgrab will
recognize that the file "linux-2.2.2.tar.gz" is newer than
"linux-2.2.1.tar.gz" based on the version string. It will then download
the new version and delete the old one when it is done, thus saving you
mirroring 10 kernel versions all at >10Mb each.
Description-md5: 491b78c7cd2ccb92bb7a60aefc9ee941
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu