How To Install ntfs-config on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs-config on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ntfs-config
ntfs-config is:
This program allow you to easily configure all of your NTFS devices to allow write support via a friendly gui. For that use, it will configure them to use the open source ntfs-3g driver. You’ll also be able to easily disable this feature.
It just so happens that this program is a newer and improved version, but very few people know about it. It’s better to install the disk-manager.
There are three methods to install ntfs-config 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 ntfs-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ntfs-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ntfs-config
Install ntfs-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ntfs-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ntfs-config
Install ntfs-config 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 ntfs-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ntfs-config
How To Uninstall ntfs-config on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ntfs-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ntfs-config
Uninstall ntfs-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ntfs-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ntfs-config
Remove ntfs-config Configurations and Data
To remove ntfs-config configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ntfs-config
Remove ntfs-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ntfs-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ntfs-config
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfs-config package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
