What FTP client is good?

CGameProgrammer · 10-17-2004, 04:25 PM

I can't find a good FTP client for Linux. I tried a Google search and didn't get anything good, though I just tried a couple. In Windows I use WS_FTP which isn't bad. "AxY FTP" for Linux is a clone of that program, though with greatly reduced functionality. And for some reason it doesn't list any local files; it thinks all directories are empty.

Anyway does anyone use FTP, and if so, what clients do you like? I'm looking for one with a graphical user interface, preferably.

Indomitable · 10-17-2004, 04:31 PM

Try IglooFTP i'm very happy with it .

edentree · 10-17-2004, 05:02 PM

hmm, I am new to linux but I find that the command line suits all my FTP needs perfectly and is far less complicated than most ftp software.

CGameProgrammer · 10-17-2004, 06:36 PM

OK I've installed IglooFTP, though running it gives the following errors:

Quote:

-:36: error: unexpected character `{', expected character `}'
-:36: error: unexpected character `{', expected character `}'

(IglooFTP-PRO:3952): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Can not open pixbuf loader module file '/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders': No such file or directory

(IglooFTP-PRO:3952): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkpixmap.c: line 104 (gtk_pixmap_new): assertion `val != NULL' failed

(IglooFTP-PRO:3952): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 4255 (gtk_widget_set_parent): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(IglooFTP-PRO:3952): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 2107 (gtk_widget_show_all): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

It looks like errors in the code? I have no idea what to do about this.

Adony · 10-17-2004, 07:30 PM

It seems to be something related with gtk and gdk-pixbuf ...
Do you have these libs properly installed?

hari_seldon99 · 10-17-2004, 08:06 PM

They're all good. If you want site management and remote editing using ftp just use kbear/konqueror. For just moving files around use the above of gftp or virtually any standard web browser. Best is just simple ftp shell. Most web browsers support ftp protocol, but konqueror, kbear & gftp also support SSH/SCP/SFTP.

hw-tph · 10-19-2004, 06:00 AM

Try lftp. It's not a GUI client but it's easy, friendly and very powerful.

Håkan

CGameProgrammer · 10-19-2004, 08:48 AM

OK, I got IglooFTP working, though it's buggy and it freezes the computer if I try transferring a file by double-clicking it. It also still has the braces error I posted above. But that's another issue. I'll look at lftp as well.

jonr · 10-19-2004, 09:20 AM

I use gftp and have had zero problems with it. I prefer gui applications, and the point-select-click nature of gftp makes it easy to select a group of files to transfer and then transfer them with no bother. You see the results on the other end immediately, in the second panel of the display. Suits my simple needs.

RemusX2 · 10-19-2004, 11:55 AM

I prefer gFTP as it is nicely set up; in my opinion. Through the terminal is also very nice.

blizunt7 · 10-19-2004, 07:48 PM

myself, i use VSFTPD, usually comes built into your system. Easy to uise from the command line, and configure.

95se · 10-19-2004, 07:55 PM

gftp offers everything i would want.

geeksunny · 10-19-2004, 09:45 PM

gftp is the best GUI ftp program i've ever used on linux. I tend to dabble between gftp and the command line ftp, but thats just me :P

CGameProgrammer · 10-19-2004, 10:56 PM

OK I downloaded and installed gFTP and it works very well. It's just the kind of FTP client I was looking for. Interestingly, though, it too prints the "-:36: error: unexpected character `{', expected character `}'" error when I run it, but the program works fine. I have no idea what the source of that error is.