How to Install and Uninstall ntfs-3g Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "ntfs-3g" package

Please follow the guidance below to install ntfs-3g on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ntfs-3g
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ntfs-3g" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall ntfs-3g on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ntfs-3g
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ntfs-3g package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ntfs-3g
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3
Priority: standard
Section: otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1522
Provides: libntfs-3g861
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support, fuse
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.1), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.0)
Filename: pool/main/n/ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g_2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb
Size: 464818
MD5sum: d5a46c089c4d251770b95f9062e7ecb8
SHA1: 09587a551f8326b6067639a8a9a4deba286a4f32
SHA256: ef465e822fd1414d016808213bf14567e8fc95282fb3ab8661a1007e0244a99a
SHA512: c262d07921e9536a434651fbc9522130b078b5a5a2775a3fdf9aaff35993e5f46cedd024b9e2c30c14eef4d5d05430883165ccd5b46c717e8be9500c18ede3ea
Homepage: http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/
Description-en: read/write NTFS driver for FUSE
NTFS-3G uses FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) to provide support for the NTFS
filesystem used by Microsoft Windows.
Description-md5: d38b96403238266210560bdd2ee0d28c
Task: standard, mythbuntu-frontend
Supported: 5y

Package: ntfs-3g
Priority: standard
Section: otherosfs
Installed-Size: 1522
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2015.3.14AR.1-1build1
Provides: libntfs-3g861
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.1), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.0)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support, fuse
Filename: pool/main/n/ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g_2015.3.14AR.1-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 465870
MD5sum: 95759e30fdae4526ab1a82fe6896b1c2
SHA1: e112e7c96cd4f9894b9511c52451a3ddbbb49d16
SHA256: a368526746509ac9b3caff0386e98a621a4af1c99a07aabd1526e79fc0cd6ca0
Description-en: read/write NTFS driver for FUSE
NTFS-3G uses FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) to provide support for the NTFS
filesystem used by Microsoft Windows.
Description-md5: d38b96403238266210560bdd2ee0d28c
Homepage: http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, mythbuntu-frontend