Newer version of Filezilla on Elementary

Question

In the software center you get Filezilla 3.7.3. (It was the same on Linux Mint, I used before). But unfortunately I used a newer version for years on Mageia before. Importing the server-bookmarks now is possible but they can´t connect as the password is stored encrypted.

So I want to install a newer version of Filezilla, but I don´t succeed. On Linux Mint it works with this ppa:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa

But not on Elementary - do you have a hint for me? Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Loki removed the ability to install from PPAs out-of-the-box. You can restore this functionality by installing the software-properties-common package and then adding the PPA as before.

sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install filezilla

Answer 2

The current version on actual elementary's release (0.4 Loki) is 3.15.0.2 so this might indicate that you are still running Freya.

What's the issue here? Freya is based on Ubuntu 14.04 which was released more than two years ago.

The solution: Either upgrade to elementary OS 0.4 Loki (which has the AppCenter. A non terminal solution for app installing and the latest stable version available 3.15.0.2) or use the Terminal in Freya with the previous answer to install a later version of Filezilla from a PPA.

Answer 3

A graphical solution:

1. Click "Applications" in the upper-left corner and search for Software & Updates
2. Tab over to "Other Software" and add your PPA address there.
3. Update as you would in Linux Mint (sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade). I imagine AppCenter should search for update the same way, but I haven't tried it myself.