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Welcome to the main page of Ubuntu's givre repository.
This repository will allow you to install easily ntfs-3g and provide you the best desktop experience
when using this new driver, with patched package which support fuse driver.
You will need to edit your /etc/apt/sources.list using your favorite texte editor (gedit, kate, nano,
vim...) and add at the end of the file one of the following mirror :
For DAPPER :
deb http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ dapper main main-all deb http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/ dapper main main-all deb http://ntfs-3g.sitesweetsite.info/ubuntu/ dapper main main-all |
For EDGY (only needed for NTFS removale device) :
deb http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ edgy main-all deb http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/ edgy main-all deb http://ntfs-3g.sitesweetsite.info/ubuntu/ edgy main-all |
The main channel contains the ntfs-3g package and an up to date fuse package.
The main-all channel contains modified version of pmount and hal to have a better integration of ntfs-3g in the desktop.
If you don't want those package, just remove main-all.
If you use edgy, all needed packages are already in the ubuntu repo (main and universe), except the modified pmount,
that is needed for removable device.
Packages in this repository can
be gpg authenticated. The key that is being used for signing the
packages is 6B80D6DA.
You can enter this key into the APT trusted
keys database with one of the following command:
wget http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/givre_key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - wget http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/givre_key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - |
ntfs-3g is a new driver base on ntfsmount (part of ntfsprogs) which claim to provide full read/write
support of ntfs filesystem. It's actually in beta and is provide only for testing purpose. In the future,
ntfs-3g will be merge with the actual official ntfsmount. For more information about the project, have
a look at the team website : www.linux-ntfs.com
To install easily ntfs-3g on ubuntu dapper, have a look there :
You can also check the HowTo on the ubuntu forum : http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217009
In this repo, you will found :
This repository is bring to you by MilesTEG <MilesTEG1@gmail.com> and givre <outpourav@yahoo.fr>