How to install FileZilla on CentOS?

Question

I downloaded FileZilla from here Now how to install this on CentOS?

I used yum install filezilla but it is showing errors like:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
You need to be root to perform this command.

How can I rectify this error?

Kartik · Answer 1 · 2013-10-25T15:51:06.067

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The error message explians the problem:

You need to be root to perform this command.

In *nix when you have to install something, you need to have the permissions to install it. The root account is a special account which is like the Administrator account in windows. So for installing anything, you need to be root.

So first login into the root account, or use sudo:

sudo yum install filezilla

If your account does not allow sudo, then you will have to login into root:

su root -
yum install filezilla

You do not need to download it first, yum will download it automatically.

What you have downloaded is the source code of Filezilla. It is used for installing Filezilla manually. It is much harder to install it like this, and you should use yum instead.

edited Oct 25 '13 at 15:51

answered Oct 25 '13 at 11:38

Kartik

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I tried ` sudo yum install filezilla ` but showing error mpatil is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. – ram Oct 25 '13 at 11:40
It means your account does not have the necessary permissions. Are you the Admin? – Kartik Oct 25 '13 at 11:42
ya am the admin – ram Oct 25 '13 at 11:44
Do you have password of the Root account? – Kartik Oct 25 '13 at 11:45
ya have password – ram Oct 25 '13 at 11:46
So try to login into the root account, and try to install (without sudo) there. – Kartik Oct 25 '13 at 11:47
how to login to root account? – ram Oct 25 '13 at 11:49
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/11208/discussion-between-kartik-and-user2854207) – Kartik Oct 25 '13 at 11:50
Press Ctrl+Alt+F1, login as root, do yum installl filezilla, press Ctrl+D to logout, Ctrl+Alt+F7 or F-something to go back. – Kartik Oct 25 '13 at 11:54

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