Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Ubuntu - Installing bz2 files like FileZilla

  1. The latest version of FileZilla is 3.3.2.1. You can get it from here.
  2. Run these command in terminal:

    sudo tar jxvf FileZilla_3.3.2.1_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 -C /opt/
    sudo chown -R root:root /opt/FileZilla3/
    sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/FileZilla3/
  3. Create a menu item:
    sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/filezilla.desktop Add the following:

    [Desktop Entry]
    Encoding=UTF-8
    Name=FileZilla
    Comment=FTP Client
    Exec=/opt/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla
    Icon=/opt/FileZilla3/share/pixmaps/filezilla.png
    Terminal=false
    Type=Application
    Categories=Application;Network;
    StartupNotify=true
To launch FileZilla, click Applications → Internet → FileZilla.

1 comment:

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