Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, FileZilla is a popular FTP client, working on both Windows and Linux. The latest version available is FileZilla 3.7.4, which has been recently released.
In this article I will show you how to install FileZilla 3.7.4 on the most popular Linux systems including: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia and OpenMandriva.
Because it is not available via any repository, we have to download the Filezilla archive from the official site, extract it, set execution permissions and run Filezilla. Follow the instructions for your system exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Filezilla 3.7.4 on 32 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia and OpenMandriva systems:
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/files/FileZilla_Client/3.7.4/FileZilla_3.7.4_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
$ sudo tar -xzvf FileZilla_3.7.4_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 -C /opt
$ sudo chown -R root:root /opt/FileZilla3
$ sudo ln -s /opt/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla /usr/filezilla
How to install Filezilla 3.7.4 on 64 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia and OpenMandriva systems:
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/files/FileZilla_Client/3.7.4/FileZilla_3.7.4_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
$ sudo tar -xzvf FileZilla_3.7.4_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 -C /opt
$ sudo chown -R root:root /opt/FileZilla3
$ sudo ln -s /opt/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla /usr/filezilla
To open the FileZilla app, just type filezilla in a terminal and press enter.