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How to Install FileZilla Pro on Debian Linux
- Go to the directory where the installation file was downloaded.
This file is named FileZilla_Pro__x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz . - Open the file using the extract tool.
- Extract the files to the destination directory.
- Go to the directory where the files were extracted.
- Go to
FileZilla3/bin directory
. - Start the program using the filezilla executable in the
bin/
subdirectory.
If it fails to launch from the file manager you may need to launch from the command line.
See below how to install and launch from command line:
- Open a terminal.
- Change to the directory where the installation file was downloaded, eg:
cd ~/Downloads/ - Extract the file with:
tar xf FileZilla_Pro__x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz - Launch FileZilla Pro with:
FileZilla3/bin/filezilla
To create a icon on the desktop:
- Copy the
FileZilla3/share/applications/filezilla.desktop
to your Desktop directory. - Open the file in a text editor. Adjust the paths at Exec and Icon according to the directory where the installation file was extracted.
- A shortcut icon is shown on the desktop.
- Right-click the shortcut and choose Allow launching.
- The shortcut now shows the FileZilla Pro icon:
- If you use another desktop environment, like KDE, you need to change the shortcut properties to allow execution:
- Right click the shortcut.
- Choose Properties.
- Mark Is Executable or Allow executing file as program.
Note that some desktop environments do not support desktop icons. In this case move the filezilla.desktop
to your applications directory:
mv filezillapro.desktop ~/.local/share/applications
The shortcut will be in the list of available applications.
Note: Please note that due to differences in distributions, the provided binaries for Debian Linux might not work on different GNU/Linux systems. The distributions where FileZilla Pro is known to work are:
- Debian 10.4
- Fedora 31 and Fedora 32
- CentOS 8.1
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Linux Mint 20
The following distributions where FileZilla Pro does not work:
- Ubuntu 18.04
- OpenSUSE Leap 15.1 and OpenSUSE Leap 15.2
- Linux Mint 19.3