How To Install Proftpd An FTP Free Server In Linux Systems

try sending these command:

# cd /tmp/

# wget --passive-ftp ftp://ftp.proftpd.org/distrib/source/proftpd-1.3.2a.tar.gz

NOTE: if you get an error that might look like this:
=> `proftpd-1.3.0a.tar.gz'
Resolving ftp.proftpd.org... 78.47.206.250
Connecting to ftp.proftpd.org|78.47.206.250|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /distrib/source ... done.
==> SIZE proftpd-1.3.0a.tar.gz ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR proftpd-1.3.0a.tar.gz ...
No such file `proftpd-1.3.0a.tar.gz'.

open this url with your browser:
ftp://ftp.proftpd.org/distrib/source/

and get the link for the .tar.gz file version you want to install - it may be that the file on this post is old and there is a newer version . after you have downloaded the file with the wget command, you will need to untar it

# tar xvfz proftpd-1*.tar.gz

# cd proftpd-1*/

# ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc

you will get this:

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.


# make

# make install

# cd ..

# rm -fr proftpd-1*

do you get this? checking whether we are using the gnu c compiler... no checking whether g accepts -g... no checking how to run the c preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: c preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check see `config.log' for more details.

if you do get that error,, try this command:

if you are looking for older version you can go to :ftp://ftp.proftpd.org/historic/source/

for example to get:

wget --passive-ftp ftp://ftp.proftpd.org/historic/source/proftpd-1.3.0a.tar.gz

i didnt know it was possible for installing proftpd on centos from source
https://www.webune.com/forums/how-to-install-proftpd-linux-centos.html