Information about the package, ntfs-3g, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ntfs-3g package is designed for, Linux NTFS userspace driver.
Package Name:
ntfs-3g
Summary:
Linux NTFS userspace driver
Description:
NTFS-3G is a stable, open source, GPL licensed, POSIX, read/write NTFS driver for Linux and many other operating systems. It provides safe handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 NTFS file systems. NTFS-3G can create, remove, rename, move files, directories, hard links, and streams; it can read and write normal and transparently compressed files, including streams and sparse files; it can handle special files like symbolic links, devices, and FIFOs, ACL, extended attributes; moreover it provides full file access right and ownership support.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2017.3.23
Release:
1.el6
Size:
250 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the ntfs-3g package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ntfs-3g
This command will install ntfs-3g on the server.
yum remove ntfs-3g
This command will un-install ntfs-3g on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ntfs-3g, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ntfs-3g
This command will un-install ntfs-3g 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 ntfs-3g when using the -y flag.
yum update ntfs-3g
This command will update ntfs-3g to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ntfs-3g, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ntfs-3g
This command will update ntfs-3g 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 ntfs-3g when using the -y flag.
yum info ntfs-3g
This command will show you core information about the ntfs-3g package.
yum deplist ntfs-3g
This command will show you the dependencies for ntfs-3g. 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 ntfs-3g
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ntfs-3g. 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.