How To Install ntfsprogs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfsprogs on Rocky Linux 8. ntfsprogs is NTFS filesystem libraries and utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfsprogs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `ntfsprogs`

The ntfsprogs package currently consists of a library and utilities such as mkntfs, ntfscat, ntfsls, ntfsresize, and ntfsundelete (for a full list of included utilities see man 8 ntfsprogs after installation).

We can use yum or dnf to install ntfsprogs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ntfsprogs.

Install ntfsprogs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ntfsprogs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ntfsprogs

Install ntfsprogs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ntfsprogs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ntfsprogs

How To Uninstall ntfsprogs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ntfsprogs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ntfsprogs

ntfsprogs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ntfscat
/usr/bin/ntfsck
/usr/bin/ntfscluster
/usr/bin/ntfscmp
/usr/bin/ntfsdecrypt
/usr/bin/ntfsdump_logfile
/usr/bin/ntfsfallocate
/usr/bin/ntfsfix
/usr/bin/ntfsinfo
/usr/bin/ntfsls
/usr/bin/ntfsmftalloc
/usr/bin/ntfsmove
/usr/bin/ntfsrecover
/usr/bin/ntfssecaudit
/usr/bin/ntfstruncate
/usr/bin/ntfsusermap
/usr/bin/ntfswipe
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/7654988098ffa545d9f1c4b8fff2640ed52e8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/7d85e5682307980cce2b2c83bfd84df5acc301
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/83914d569e05de90d9bdb224c2f4f7d08fc4e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/45560b8c7fe464c30c601b6ccffd997b6d8af6
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/f542295ec48b518ec10f4826993e095d4a2b34
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/71bcb1057d7729db44335ef7d728356644a054
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/19a7949ad7e444bcc6434999873cccfe87a495
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/ae7526a8aaf0aa8a0e4aac05986b2a66000f95
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/cfea673371afd9c7fc4b0d71122386e3119b41
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/3547ab10b80b3dd0672d10d6b0309dc9b3e0ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/6cf35b9c9b969fbeffa52dcd5027c05fe91215
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/dea3d50b67afb01238d9c8295ff3a5352825f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/84d528271daa750c622dc9e6006732bc6a1fd0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/c5b916f5c208c125ba53fcecc300e294682bc7
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/6ce30abe7b1ff1fd95a5c475d79a8f7ab4ad25
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/671c2e1e04d6d9d1d6a8ec7195faeda37339bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/c2de75bdd7ff5f35aaec185c8ff52467c07b42
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/1b3fa6fc531e67aa66001c8525764904cb10e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/2436931c8a8fa49c4060b99279fa24a354f129
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/3cf8dc0e00e54a349e1c14015e2a1815d3134b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/328c2b8af2db50a8b281e7359ea8974f4903f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/bfaa5d2a93070ce4c7a24ef26d86caf6d3cb72
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/7d24cc8b5d4caca49652d427e59a87eb18bc5a
/usr/sbin/fsck.ntfs
/usr/sbin/mkfs.ntfs
/usr/sbin/mkntfs
/usr/sbin/ntfsclone
/usr/sbin/ntfscp
/usr/sbin/ntfslabel
/usr/sbin/ntfsresize
/usr/sbin/ntfsundelete
/usr/share/doc/ntfsprogs
/usr/share/doc/ntfsprogs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ntfsprogs/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/ntfsprogs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ntfsprogs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ntfsprogs/README
/usr/share/licenses/ntfsprogs
/usr/share/licenses/ntfsprogs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.ntfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mkntfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfscat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsclone.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfscluster.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfscmp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfscp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsdecrypt.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsfallocate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsfix.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsinfo.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfslabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsls.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsprogs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsrecover.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsresize.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfssecaudit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfstruncate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsundelete.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfsusermap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntfswipe.8.gz

References

ntfsprogs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntfsprogs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.