Install ntfs-3g ubuntu

NTFS (New Technology File System) was developed by Microsoft to store and retrieve files on storage devices. It’s the default file system for Windows systems, but we can also mount this type of file system in Linux in order to read and write data to the disk.

In this tutorial, we will learn how to mount an NTFS partition with read-only permissions, along with read and write permissions.

Mounting NTFS Partition With Read and Write Permissions

Having read and write permissions allows us to not only view contents or read files, it also lets us create and modify them.

Before we proeed with the steps, we have to install package on our system.

Use the command below that corresponds with your Linux distribution:

$ sudo apt install ntfs-3g fuse # Ubuntu, Debian $ sudo dnf install ntfs-3g fuse # Fedora, CentOS, AlmaLinux $ sudo pacman -S ntfs-3g fuse # Arch Linux, Manjaro

To mount an NTFS partition with read and write permissions:

Step 1. To start mounting an NTFS partition, make sure to identify its path using the command:

$ sudo parted -l

In the image above, we can see that the

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how to mount ntfs in ubuntu