How to install FileZilla 3.29.0 released on Ubuntu 17.10

    FileZilla is a free, cross-platform and full-featured FTP (File Transfer Protocol) solution for the Linux and Open Source ecosystems. It is also compatible with the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

FileZilla 3.29.0 changelog

• Fix: Fix activity indicators not working after the update check has been run
• Added new quick search filter to file lists, accessed through Ctrl+F
• FTP over TLS: Mismatched hostnames are now highlighted in red in the certificate verification dialog
• Filters using regular expressions can now be case-insensitive
• Fix: Explicitly wait for the settings to be written to disk before removing the backup file to prevent loss of data in case of system crashes
• nix: Official Linux binaries are now built for Debian 9 (Stretch)
• Fix:Do not disable password saving settings if fzdefaults.xml contains a kiosk mode setting of 0. 

Installation instructions:

 Open terminal and insert command line...

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install filezilla

Install via package if PPA is not up to date

     First, install dependencies.

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/233197129/libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb

     32bit OS

$ wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/filezilla/FileZilla_Client/3.29.0/FileZilla_3.29.0_i686-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 $ tar -xjvf FileZilla_3.29.0_i686-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 $ sudo rm -rf /opt/filezilla* $ sudo mv **FileZilla3** /opt/**filezilla3** $ sudo ln -sf /opt/**filezilla3**/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla /usr/bin/filezilla $ filezilla

     64bit OS

$ wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/filezilla/FileZilla_Client/3.29.0/FileZilla_3.29.0_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 $ tar -xjvf FileZilla_3.29.0_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 $ sudo rm -rf /opt/filezilla* $ sudo mv **FileZilla3** /opt/**filezilla3** $ sudo ln -sf /opt/**filezilla3**/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla /usr/bin/filezilla $ filezilla