Information about the package, ntfsprogs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ntfsprogs package is designed for, NTFS filesystem libraries and utilities.
Package Name:
ntfsprogs
Summary:
NTFS filesystem libraries and utilities
Description:
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).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2017.3.23
Release:
1.el6
Size:
336 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the ntfsprogs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ntfsprogs
This command will install ntfsprogs on the server.
yum remove ntfsprogs
This command will un-install ntfsprogs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ntfsprogs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ntfsprogs
This command will un-install ntfsprogs on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ntfsprogs when using the -y flag.
yum update ntfsprogs
This command will update ntfsprogs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ntfsprogs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ntfsprogs
This command will update ntfsprogs to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ntfsprogs when using the -y flag.
yum info ntfsprogs
This command will show you core information about the ntfsprogs package.
yum deplist ntfsprogs
This command will show you the dependencies for ntfsprogs. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ntfsprogs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ntfsprogs. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.