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ntfsprogs


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+



Handy Yum Commands for ntfsprogs


Control the ntfsprogs package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

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.