kingjr / afpfs-ng

afpfs-ng/libafpclient is an open source client for the Apple Filing Protocol

connect to afp protocol on ubuntu 18.04

The command line tool needs ncurses-dev and libreadline-dev to compile. Install them with :

sudo apt-get install ncurses-dev libreadline-dev
sudo apt-get install libgcrypt-dev libfuse-dev libgmp-dev libreadline-dev libncurses-dev

Compile the program:

./configure
make
sudo make install

libafpclient.so.0 may be missing (see: https://askubuntu.com/questions/886656/how-can-i-mount-an-afp-share) but is actually somewhere else

sudo cp /usr/local/lib/libafpclient.so.0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

Example usage

mount_afp afp://foo.bar.edu ~/Desktop/mount

Credits and license

This is a fork of the original afpfs-ng project that has gone unmaintained for quite some time. It is so far the only available open source AFP client.

This repository includes many patches collected by the XBMC project (www.xbmc.org) as well as mine, in a bid to improve stability, performance and to implement new features.

Check AUTHORS for a somewhat complete list of contributors.

The original afpfs-ng webiste can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/alexthepuffin/home

This project retains the original author's license and is distributed under the GPL.