Package sftp is not available, but is referred to by another package

[Derek Broughton]

Jonas Norlander wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook<jtwdyp at ttlc.net>
> wrote:
>> Package sftp is not available, but is referred to by another package
>>
>> OK So what should I use for secure ftp???
> 
> Are you talking of setting up a server or using a client? sftp is in
> the openssh-client package and is a CLI ftp like program that using
> SSH to encrypt the connection. The SSH server is in the openssh-server
> package. If you looking for GUI client program I would recommend
> Filezilla. Filezilla support several FTP protocols like "FTP, FTP over
> SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)".

But why bother installing filezilla when konqueror/dolphin & most other kde 
apps support sftp natively?
-- 
derek