How To Install libntfs-3g88 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libntfs-3g88
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libntfs-3g88
libntfs-3g88 is:
NTFS-3G uses FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) to provide support for the NTFS filesystem used by Microsoft Windows.
This package contains the actual library.
There are three methods to install libntfs-3g88
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libntfs-3g88 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libntfs-3g88
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libntfs-3g88
Install libntfs-3g88 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libntfs-3g88
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libntfs-3g88
Install libntfs-3g88 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libntfs-3g88
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libntfs-3g88
How To Uninstall libntfs-3g88 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libntfs-3g88
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libntfs-3g88
Uninstall libntfs-3g88 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libntfs-3g88
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libntfs-3g88
Remove libntfs-3g88 Configurations and Data
To remove libntfs-3g88
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libntfs-3g88
Remove libntfs-3g88 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libntfs-3g88
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libntfs-3g88
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libntfs-3g88
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.