How do I install ntfs-3g (ntfsprogs) manually on Ubuntu?
The ntfsprogs
package was renamed to ntfs-3g
in Ubuntu 13.04. Hence, from Ubuntu 13.04 onwards, one would use:
sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g
However, this package lags a bit behind the latest version. Hence one may wish to compile from source to get the latest version.
As of August 19, 2014, the latest version on the website is 2014.2.15, released on February 23, 2014, and the latest version on Ubuntu 14.04 is 2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2.
To compile from source:
Answered by OP as part of question, as a tutorial.
This is a guide on how to do so...
- Right now the
ntfs-3g
(ntfsprogs
) package can be downloaded from: http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/- Once downloaded, unzip the archive and
cd
into the directory into which you unzipped it into.- Run the
./configure
command.- After the process completes, type
make
and hit return.After following the above mentioned steps, you are free to use the
ntfsfix
function to repair your broken NTFS file systems.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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ravindUwU over 1 year
Recently I wanted to fix one of my SATA Hard Disks that had a damaged NTFS file system. For this, I referred to this question: Ubuntu 13.04 is unable to mount a disk drive from ex-windows system in which a tool called
ntfsprogs
is installed in Ubuntu.As I did not encounter the package
ntfsprogs
on the Ubuntu Software Center even after runningsudo apt-get update
, how can I get it?-
Ruslan Gerasimov almost 10 yearsDoes the package
ntfs-3g
itself addresses the question? it's installable from Ubuntu rep. by the way. -
Eliah Kagan almost 10 years@RuslanGerasimov As that's probably the best way to get ntfs-3g on Ubuntu, you might want to post that (or something like it) as an answer.
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oldfred almost 10 yearsOn April 12, 2011 it was announced that Ntfsprogs project was merged with NTFS-3G en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntfsprogs # Do not do install ntfsprogs as on newer versions it uninstalls ntfs-3g ntfsfix - fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS See also man ntfsfix
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Clefspeare13 over 8 yearsHow do I run ntfsfix? Do I have to specify what hard drive/partition I want to fix? If so, how do I do that? Edit: I found out how. For anyone wondering: sudo ntfsfix /dev/<device name>