Installing latest version of vsftpd on an ec2-linux AMI

Question

I installed vsftpd on my Amazon ec2-linux AMI using sudo yum install vsftpd. However, it installs version 2.2.2.

How do I install version 3.0.2? I downloaded the tar file from https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd.html, extracted it, and followed the instruction from the INSTALL file. However, when I try to run the "make" command, it fails saying:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcap
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [vsftpd] Error 1

What is the problem? Is there any other way to get the latest version?

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '15 at 08:51

The answer is in the FAQ file in the tar file:

Q) Help! vsftpd doesn't build, it fails with an error about being unable to find -lcap.

A) Install the libcap package and retry the build. Seems to affect Debian users a lot.

A) Install the libcap-devel. This certainly affects Fedora.

Since Amazon Linux AMI is based on Red Hat, then probably you will need libcap-devel.

Installing latest version of vsftpd on an ec2-linux AMI

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