ntfscluster command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ntfscluster command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

ntfscluster: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ntfscluster: command not found

In Ubuntu ntfscluster is provided by ntfs-3g package.

ntfs-3g is:

NTFS-3G uses FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) to provide support for the NTFS filesystem used by Microsoft Windows.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install ntfs-3g

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install ntfs-3g.

sudo apt -y install ntfs-3g

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install ntfs-3g

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ntfscluster command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.