need gui for ftp

[Paul Howarth]

Duncan Lithgow wrote:
> After searching a bit it turned out my intuition was right and there is 
> a program called gftp - but it's not turning up in yum. I could swear I 
> had it once upon a time.
> 
> So, what gui for ftp is most commonly used? I've searched the archive 
> etc etc... and can't find anything. I _don't_ need an ftp server, just a 
> frontend for ftp.

gftp is part of Fedora Core:

$ rpm -qi gftp
Name        : gftp                         Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.0.18                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 0.FC3                         Build Date: Sat 19 Feb 2005 
04:40:53 GMT
Install Date: Fri 08 Apr 2005 04:24:22 BST      Build Host: 
tweety.build.redhat.com
Group       : Applications/Internet         Source RPM: 
gftp-2.0.18-0.FC3.src.rpm
Size        : 2693735                          License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Thu 07 Apr 2005 17:47:22 BST, Key ID 
b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL         : http://gftp.seul.org/
Summary     : A multi-threaded FTP client for the X Window System.
Description :
gFTP is a multi-threaded FTP client for the X Window System. gFTP
supports simultaneous downloads, resumption of interrupted file
transfers, file transfer queues to allow downloading of multiple
files, support for downloading entire directories/subdirectories, a
bookmarks menu to allow quick connection to FTP sites, caching of
remote directory listings, local and remote chmod, drag and drop, a
connection manager, and much more.


So what happens when you try "yum install gftp"?

Paul.