How To Install ntfs-3g on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs-3g
on AlmaLinux 8.
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 AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ntfs-3g.
Install ntfs-3g on AlmaLinux 8 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 AlmaLinux 8 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 AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the ntfs-3g
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ntfs-3g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs-3g
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.