How do I install and run a TFTP server?

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I got TFTP service working great by using: sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp Here is where the solution came from: http://mohammadthalif.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/installing-and-testing-tftpd-in-ubuntudebian/ And here is what's there: Install following packages. sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp Create /etc/xinetd.d/tftp and put this entry service tftp { protocol = udp port = 69 socket_type = dgram wait = yes user = nobody server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd server_args = /tftpboot disable = no } Create a folder /tftpboot this should match whatever you gave in server_args. mostly it will be tftpboot sudo mkdir /tftpboot sudo chmod -R 777 /tftpboot sudo chown -R nobody /tftpboot Restart the xinetd service. sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart Now our tftp server is up and running. Testing our tftp server Create a file named test with some content in /tftpboot path of the tftp server Obtain the ip address of the tftp server using ifconfig command Now in some other system follow the following steps. tftp 192.168.1.2 tftp> get test Sent 159 bytes in 0.0 seconds tftp> quit cat test   http://askubuntu.com/questions/201505/how-do-i-install-and-run-a-tftp-server