How to install NTFS-3G in Ubuntu

This guide will help you to install NTFS-3G in Ubuntu Edgy.

Open a terminal.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following repositories, save and close.

deb http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/ edgy main main-all
deb http://ntfs-3g.sitesweetsite.info/ubuntu/ edgy main main-all
deb http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ edgy main main-all

Now enter the following to authenticate those repositories.

wget http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/givre_key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Update the system

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Now enter

sudo apt-get install ntfs-config

This will complete the NTFS-3G installation. Once installed, select ntfs-config from the menu (system tools). If you can find it, enter the following command in the terminal.

sudo ntfs-config

If your NTFS partition is not yet configured, it’ll ask you to choose a name that will be use as mount point. Enter the name you want. The next step is to enable the write support for internal and/or external device.

Thanks to Ubuntu Forums for the help. If you need help configuring this manually or if you have 64 bit Ubuntu installation, please refer to this thread in Ubuntu Forums.