I am looking for a simple ftp client, that I can use for uploads and downloads, perhaps which has a pkg, for Slackware 15.0.

After searching the distribution, and then for pkgs, tried a couple, and found they had dependencies. Rather than chase down the dependencies and compatibilities, it seemed to make sense to ask the wisdom of those who have already done the selection.

Thanks.

Hi,

I use filezilla. It only needs libfilezilla + wxGTK-3
You have a slackbuild, or if you use slackpkg+ : conraid.net (slackers)

I would have preferred to use the one provided by slackware, gFTP, but the download speed is horrible.
I never exceed 5 or 6MB/s, even on my local network...

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wget comes with slackware and supports ftp

wput, at slackbuilds, also supports ftp and has no dependencies

just typing ftp at the cli takes you to ftp> prompt, where you can manually type commands, such as ?, which displays available commands, such as open, get, mget, put, mput, cd, ls, and many others.

ftp isn't used very much anymore as there are inherent security risks because it needs wide range of open ports, and many have switched to using scp or rsync.

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Good ideas. I am set, and probably had a brain block. People can continue to post their recommendations, but for me this is SOLVED. Thanks.

and wget2 is very fast!

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wget, curl, lftp, all part of Slackware -current.

I use wget and lftp the most. Each has it's nitche.

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I like ncftp, which is part of the distribution. I use it mostly for file transfers with old PDAs like the Sharp Zaurus and trashy game consoles like Nintendo (New) 3DS and 2DS, which only ever natively supported some ancient, broken --It never worked for me even when it was new!-- version of samba for file transfers.

For more choices, try Of course, "simple" means different things to different individuals. I took it to mean a command-line client fancier than plain old ftp but without heavy library dependencies. Someone else might consider a GUI client "simple" because of less typing required for use.

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There's also krusader.

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Krusader??

Looked it up, and you're right. There's definitely also Krusader!

Thanks for the tip!

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Happy to help! Having cut my teeth on Total Commander I find it painful to use anything other than an Orthodox File Manager to handle files now.

Search under the menu:Tools or with CTRL+N -> new network connection.

Thanks for the tip. I'd never heard of it before you mentioned it. Looks good.

My favourite ftp transfer tool is the FireFTP browser plugin. Originally a Firefox (legacy) plugin, menaing that it no longer works with FF 57 and above, but it's still compatible with the Waterfox, Palemoon, and Basilisk browsers.

In the past I'd always use ncftp as my cli client of choice and it's been included in Slackware since the 3.x series.