Using an exFAT usb drive with ubuntu

Question

I was trying to insert my 128GB USB drive with movies into my Ubuntu 12.04LTS. It doesn't recognize the drive. Says it can't read the exFAT system.

Now I've been searching here and I found the following:

You will need the package exfat-fuse and exfat-utils to allow you to read and write on exFAT drives:

For Ubuntu 12.04

Open a terminal CTRL + ALT + T and type the following:

To add the correct repository:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:relan/exfat

To update your package list:
sudo apt-get update

To install fuse-exfat and exfat-utils packages:
sudo apt-get install fuse-exfat exfat-utils

Afterwards you just need to plug in the HDD and you're good to go.

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The problem now is that my terminal says:

sudo: apt: command not found

Anyone knows why this error pops up and how to solve it?

I'm a total newbie in linux systems. Also know nothing about commands in terminal, always worked with the software center.

Solution 1

You almost certainly mis-typed the commands to run as none of those commands involved running apt.

If you need assistance with commands. paste the exact command you ran and the exact error message . You can copy-paste from the terminal.

The commands you need to run are (without the explanation)

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:relan/exfat
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fuse-exfat exfat-utils

Solution 2

This has now moved. There is no need to add the repository. The following should be sufficient:

sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils

Comments

[Mark Kirby]

Just type apt in to a terminal, is it installed ? You should see Usage: apt [options] command and some parameters if it is installed or the program apt is not currently installed if it is not found

[Rinzwind]

"Problem now is that my terminal says sudo: apt: command not found" This seems wrong. The command is "apt-get" NOT "apt.

[Pilot6]

There is no need to add a PPA to install fuse-exfat exfat-utils.

[Panther]

@Pilot6- Those are in the backports repository for precise, probably the reason to add the ppa. You could add backports ... packages.ubuntu.com/precise-backports/exfat-utils

[Shaurya Verma]

shaurya@shaurya-linux:~$ sudo apt-get install fuse-exfat exfat-utils Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package fuse-exfat

[Shaurya Verma]

i was unable to locate the package.. running 16.04

[jena]

in 16.04 the package is called exfat-fuse (it's in repos, no need for PPA anymore).. it should be a dependency of exfat-utils anyway, so even if you don't specify it, it will get installed along with utils (it did on my system)