How to Install ntfs-3g software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install ntfs-3g software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

ntfs-3g software package provides read/write NTFS driver for FUSE, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g 

ntfs-3g is installed in your system.

Make ensure the ntfs-3g package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ntfs-3g *

You will get with ntfs-3g package name, version, architecture and description in a table

ntfs-3g package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Other OSs and file systems
Package ntfs-3g
Version 1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2
Description read/write NTFS driver for FUSE
Sub Section otherosfs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove ntfs-3g software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?