How To Install ntfs-3g on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs-3g in Fedora 36. ntfs-3g is Linux NTFS userspace driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs-3g on Fedora 36.

What is `ntfs-3g`

NTFS-3G is a stable, open source, GPL licensed, POSIX, read/write NTFS driver for Linux and many other operating systems. It provides safe handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 NTFS file systems. NTFS-3G can create, remove, rename, move files, directories, hard links, and streams; it can read and write normal and transparently compressed files, including streams and sparse files; it can handle special files like symbolic links, devices, and FIFOs, ACL, extended attributes; moreover it provides full file access right and ownership support.

We can use yum or dnf to install ntfs-3g on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ntfs-3g.

Install ntfs-3g on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ntfs-3g using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ntfs-3g

Install ntfs-3g on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ntfs-3g using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ntfs-3g

How To Uninstall ntfs-3g on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ntfs-3g package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ntfs-3g

ntfs-3g Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/lowntfs-3g
/usr/bin/ntfs-3g
/usr/bin/ntfs-3g.probe
/usr/bin/ntfsmount
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/164f4624c9de5254c898fe264e9c59301e7474
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/17c154752b9b61f1cc44432fb5a96dcd6c8e13
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/18aa2356d5db119896e5447bba8e905e87ccf7
/usr/sbin/mount.lowntfs-3g
/usr/sbin/mount.ntfs
/usr/sbin/mount.ntfs-3g
/usr/sbin/mount.ntfs-fuse
/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g
/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ntfs-3g/README
/usr/share/licenses/ntfs-3g
/usr/share/licenses/ntfs-3g/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/mount.lowntfs-3g.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mount.ntfs-3g.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfs-3g.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfs-3g.probe.8.gz

References

ntfs-3g website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs-3g on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).