Install package for NTFS-3G STABLE Version 2012.1.15

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Install package for NTFS-3G STABLE Version 2012.1.15

Hi,

I've had NTFS-3G installed for quite a while in order to be able to read and write to and from NTFS formatted hard disks. I just realized my version is very old and I wanted to install the latest version (NTFS-3G STABLE Version 2012.1.15). When I go to the download page (http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/) however I see that the link for the Mac OS X install package

NTFS-3G for Mac OS X

takes you to an old blog page with an old version of the software. The main link (http://tuxera.com/opensource/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2012.1.15.tgz) takes you to a .tgz file which, when uncompressed, shows the source code with instructions to be compiled within the Linux platform. I have been googling for quite a while and I can't find a .dmg, .pkg or .mpkg install packages for the latest version. Has anybody been able to install this version on a Mac? If so, can you give me a hand to install it myself? Any pointers to a .dmg, .pkg or .mpkg install package would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance.

JM

iMac 27, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Mar 17, 2012 2:29 AM

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fane_j

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Mar 17, 2012 2:47 AM in response to jfontana

AFAICT, the options are either to buy their commercial product

<http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/>

or compile it from source, from their distribution, or through Fink or MacPorts. It doesn't look like they provide a Mac OS X binary for the free version. I guess you can google for it…

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jfontana Author

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Mar 17, 2012 2:58 AM in response to fane_j

But they did in the past. You can find the .dmg files for previous versions. In the official user guide you find the following instructions for installation:

"Installing NTFS-3G is not more complicated than installing any other program, as it uses the standard Mac OS X package format to install itself.
Just double click the package NTFS-3G.pkg and follow instructions. "

As I said before, they also provide a link for the current Mac OS X version of the latest stable build of NTFS-3G, not the Tuxera NTFS (which is their commercial product). The link just happens to take you to an outdated page. This makes me think that there must be some compiled package somewhere.

In case that is not possible, can anybody provide a pointer to instructions on how to compile it from source?

JM

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jfontana Author

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Mar 17, 2012 3:14 AM in response to jfontana

OK, never mind about instructions for compiling. The beauty of Mac OSX is that it is Unix underneath. I was able to compile NTSF-3G from source and everything seemed to go fine. When I go to System Preferences >...> Other, which is where the settings for the previous version were located, I see that nothing has changed. I still have the previous version (which I didn't uninstall just in case) but no indication that the last version was installed (I did ./configure, make and make install).

Am I doing something wrong or is this the way it is supposed to be? I mean, should I assume that I have the latest version installed and that I can go ahead and uninstall the old version?

JM

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fane_j

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Mar 17, 2012 3:16 AM in response to jfontana

jfontana wrote:

But they did in the past.

They may very well have. But if they choose not to do so now, or if they failed to post the appropriate link, the people to ask are surely Tuxera tech support, aren't they?

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