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  • 1.  How install LFTP on Unix Aix 7.2

    Posted Fri November 12, 2021 06:13 AM
    Hi All ,

    pls i have opened a sw Call in IBM, but they have forwarded me in this Forum ,

    i should install http://lftp.yar.ru/features.html   the open source product, but seems that to put it in Aix , it is very difficolt


    :root:/var/lftp-4.8.2> ./configure
    checking for a BSD-compatible install... build-aux/install-sh -c
    checking whether build environment is sane... yes
    checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... build-aux/install-sh -c -d
    checking for gawk... no
    checking for mawk... no
    checking for nawk... nawk
    checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
    checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
    checking for style of include used by make... GNU
    checking for gcc... no
    checking for cc... no
    checking for cl.exe... no
    checking for clang... no
    configure: error: in `/var/adm/installazione/lftp-4.8.2':
    configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
    See `config.log' for more details

    i understand i have to install gcc  and other , but searching in original FTP yar.ru page, in many cases, all the people had errors

    from Aix 4 to Aix 7 , 

    Has Somebody found a work around ?


    or maybe the same function it is possible to get with FTP+PGP ?

    if yes, how ?

    thanx a lot in advance


    Kind Regards


    Max

    Milan / Italy

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    Massimiliano Toscano
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  • 2.  RE: How install LFTP on Unix Aix 7.2

    Posted Fri November 12, 2021 07:36 AM
    On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 11:13:15AM +0000, Massimiliano Toscano via IBM Community wrote:
    > or maybe the same function it is possible to get with FTP+PGP ?
    >
    > if yes, how ?

    What is your use case for LFTP? What is it doing that other FTP
    clients can't?

    In my experience, customers have used LFTP because it allowed for some
    basic scripting of FTP commands.

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    Russell Adams Russell.Adams@AdamsSystems.nl
    Principal Consultant Adams Systems Consultancy
    http://adamssystems.nl/




  • 3.  RE: How install LFTP on Unix Aix 7.2

    Posted Fri November 12, 2021 09:05 AM
    Edited by Anthony Cascianelli Fri November 12, 2021 09:06 AM
    Version 4.9.1 is available prepackaged for AIX in the AIX Toolbox for Linux.  Have you tried that?

    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-toolbox-linux-applications-downloads-alpha#L

    I'm also curious what lftp has to offer over regular ftp/sftp.

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    Anthony Cascianelli
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  • 4.  RE: How install LFTP on Unix Aix 7.2

    Posted Wed January 26, 2022 10:54 AM
    Hi Max,

    you need to compile using GCC compiler, it will need many open source binaries to compile.

    I have compiled the source code successfully. But its working with user name and password. I am still testing to make it work with certificate.

    If you are interested in setting up the password based lftp then I can provide you the compiled version (or) I can provide you the details and help with getting it compiled.

    Thanks,
    Jay

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    Jayaraj Muthuswamy
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