Install on Linux

linscp for Linux comes in three packages. Each holds both linscp and linscp-cli, for 64-bit x86 machines. Download them from the download page or from GitHub releases.

Pick a package

Package	Pick it when	Needs
.deb	You run Debian 13 (trixie) or a distribution with the same Qt 6.8 packages	apt
AppImage	You want one file that needs no installation	glibc 2.41 or newer
Flatpak	Your distribution is older, or you prefer a sandboxed app	Flatpak, with Flathub configured

To see your glibc version, run ldd --version.

Install the .deb

sudo apt install ./linscp_0.7.0_amd64.deb

The ./ matters: without it, apt searches its repositories instead of the file. apt also pulls in the Qt libraries linscp needs. The programs land in /usr/lib/linscp/, with linscp and linscp-cli on your PATH, and linscp appears in your desktop’s application menu.

To remove it: sudo apt remove linscp.

Run the AppImage

chmod +x linscp-0.7.0-x86_64.AppImage
./linscp-0.7.0-x86_64.AppImage

The AppImage starts the graphical program. It does not add itself to the application menu; use a tool such as your desktop’s AppImage integration if you want that.

If the system has no FUSE support, the AppImage refuses to start. Add --appimage-extract-and-run to the command to run it without FUSE.

linscp-cli is inside the image. Run ./linscp-0.7.0-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract once, and find it at squashfs-root/usr/lib/linscp/linscp-cli.

Install the Flatpak

The Flatpak runs on the KDE 6.10 runtime from Flathub. If Flathub is not set up yet, add it first:

flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install --user linscp-0.7.0.flatpak
flatpak run io.github._99ecarvalho.linscp

Flatpak fetches the runtime on the first install. For the console client, run flatpak run --command=linscp-cli io.github._99ecarvalho.linscp.

The sandbox lets linscp reach the network and your home directory. Files outside your home directory, such as /srv or a mounted disk under /media, are not visible to it.

Where your settings go

linscp keeps all settings, including stored sites, in one INI file named WinSCP.ini. linscp and linscp-cli share it.

Package	File
.deb, AppImage	~/.config/linscp/WinSCP.ini (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/linscp/)
Flatpak	~/.var/app/io.github._99ecarvalho.linscp/config/linscp/WinSCP.ini

The file uses WinSCP’s format, so a WinSCP.ini exported from WinSCP on Windows works when you copy it into place. See configuration storage for export and cleanup.

Portable AppImage

To carry linscp and its settings on a USB stick, put an empty file named WinSCP.ini in the same folder as the .AppImage file:

touch /media/alice/stick/WinSCP.ini

linscp then stores everything in that file and leaves ~/.config alone.

Tip

If you copy an existing WinSCP configuration into linscp, keep the original as well. linscp updates the file as you work.

Next step

Make your first connection.