How do I enable NTFS write support?
Solution 1
You need ntfs-3g to mount ntfs devices. That said, ntfs-config is only needed to configure ntfs in fstab wich I had problems with in the last upgrade. So install the first one and edit the fstab manually. A normal line to mount a ntfs disk in the boot will look like this in /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda4 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults,locale=ca_ES.UTF-8 0 0
Where
- sda4 is the ntfs partition (the number might change in your case),
/media/windowsis the directory where you want it mounted (must be created manually) and- locale must be your language (mine is catalan) because the system uses for reading the names of files and folders.
In your case i asume must be en_GB or en_US if you're english.
If you skip the fstab edit you can still use the ntfs partition as a user, just mount it by clicking in nautilus. But it will be mounted as user. With the fstab it's mounted by the system itself (with read/write to all so you can store your data, of course).
Wish it helps, good luck!
Solution 2
There is simple way to enable NTFS-write by default: - first install the ntfs configs using terminal command:
sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
if apt not work try using aptitude
then you just do this command to enable ntfs-config by default
sudo mkdir -p /etc/hal/fdi/policy
and last, try to mount the ntfs drive and paste some file to it from the ubuntu and the write function is usable now.
Solution 3
It is easier just to install ntfs-3g (it will remove ntfs-progs) and you will r/w support for ntfs drives. I had the same issue and it worked for me.
Hanynowsky
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Hanynowsky almost 2 years
The NTFS Write capabilities were removed in Ubuntu 11.10.
Henceforth, I cannot write/delete on my External NTFS hard drive, neither can I on the NTFS partition hosting MS Windows.I tried to install NTFS-config (and adding the command sudo mkdir -p /etc/hal/fdi/policy to make it work) but before installing it, it asks for removing these packages to resolve dependencies, so what the heck?
Is there any other way to write on NTFS partitions in Ubuntu 11.10? Which can be installed smoothly.Remove the following packages: 1) flashplugin-downloader 2) flashplugin-installer 3) libasound2 4) libasound2-plugins 5) libasyncns0 6) libatk1.0-0 7) libaudio2 8) libavahi-client3 9) libavahi-common3 10) libc6 11) libcairo2 12) libcomerr2 13) libcups2 14) libcurl3 15) libdatrie1 16) libdb5.1 17) libdbus-1-3 18) libdbusmenu-qt2 19) libexpat1 20) libffi6 21) libflac8 22) libfontconfig1 23) libfreetype6 24) libgcc1 25) libgcrypt11 26) libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 27) libglib2.0-0 28) libgnutls26 29) libgpg-error0 30) libgssapi-krb5-2 31) libgtk2.0-0 32) libice6 33) libidn11 34) libjack-jackd2-0 35) libjasper1 36) libjpeg62 37) libjson0 38) libk5crypto3 39) libkeyutils1 40) libkrb5-3 41) libkrb5support0 42) liblcms1 43) libldap-2.4-2 44) libmng1 45) libnspr4 46) libnspr4-0d 47) libnss3 48) libnss3-1d 49) libogg0 50) libpango1.0-0 51) libpcre3 52) libpixman-1-0 53) libpng12-0 54) libpulse0 55) libqt4-dbus 56) libqt4-declarative 57) libqt4-network 58) libqt4-script 59) libqt4-sql 60) libqt4-xml 61) libqt4-xmlpatterns 62) libqtcore4 63) libqtgui4 64) librtmp0 65) libsamplerate0 66) libsasl2-2 67) libsasl2-modules 68) libselinux1 69) libsm6 70) libsndfile1 71) libspeexdsp1 72) libsqlite3-0 73) libssl1.0.0 74) libstdc++6 75) libtasn1-3 76) libthai0 77) libtiff4 78) libuuid1 79) libvorbis0a 80) libvorbisenc2 81) libwrap0 82) libx11-6 83) libxau6 84) libxcb-render0 85) libxcb-shm0 86) libxcb1 87) libxcomposite1 88) libxcursor1 89) libxdamage1 90) libxdmcp6 91) libxext6 92) libxfixes3 93) libxft2 94) libxi6 95) libxinerama1 96) libxrandr2 97) libxrender1 98) libxss1 99) libxt6 100) libxv1 101) nspluginviewer 102) nspluginwrapper 103) skype 104) sni-qt 105) zlib1gThanks in advance
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Hanynowsky over 12 yearsYeah Thanks, I figured out that the problem came from using sudo aptitude instead of sudo apt-get. (I guess I need to dig to see what are the real differences between the two). When I tried with sudo apt-get install ntfs-config it asked to install ntfs-3g and some python staff and everything went smoothly. Thanks again, your answer helped ;)
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Caesium over 12 yearsThere is an open bug for aptitude behaving strangely: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/831768 - and also see: askubuntu.com/questions/78639/…
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Hanynowsky over 12 yearsThanks! Though this is not an answer to the question (Bug with APTITUDE). This is what I did at the first place, installing ntfs config and then make a directory... Then use dynamic mounting instead of static for external NTFS drives.
