Xubuntu 25.04 beta missing gftp-gtk package

[Rob Peters]

Gftp is installed but the desktop interface is missing, i.e. gftp-gtk. As a result, gftp can only be used in command line mode.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
Package: gftp 2.9.1~beta-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-15.15-generic 6.14.0
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Apr 15 08:50:50 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-04-12 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Daily amd64 (20250408)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: gftp
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for reporting.

When digging through the changelog, I found the graphical application used GTK2 and was therefore disabled. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=967390 for more details.

I would assume that if the package was ported to a newer GTK version, it could be re-enabled.

[Rob Peters (makitso)]

Yes, appears to be no longer supported as well. It's a shame, nice simple product that does the basics very well.