How To Install ntfs-3g on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs-3g on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ntfs-3g.
Install ntfs-3g on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ntfs-3g using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ntfs-3g
Install ntfs-3g on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ntfs-3g using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ntfs-3g
How To Uninstall ntfs-3g on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ntfs-3g package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ntfs-3g
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs-3g on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
