[Nix-dev] problem with automounted ntfs partitions

[Thomas Hunger]

Hi Mate,

Can you try

nix-env -iA nixos.ntfs3g

instead?

On 16 February 2016 at 07:10, Máté Kovács <mkovaxx at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The problem I'm trying to solve is that automounted ntfs partitions are
> read-only.
>
> For example, `mount | column -t` lists
> /dev/sdb1   on  /run/media/mate/adata       type  ntfs
>  (ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0177,dmask=077,nls=utf8,errors=continue,mft_zone_multiplier=1,uhelper=udisks2)
> after I connect my external HDD.
>
> I read somewhere that the problem is likely a lack of ntfs-3g, so I'm
> trying to install that, unfortunately without much success.
>
> What's strange is that `nix-env -qaP | grep -i ntfs` lists
> nixos.ntfs3g
>  ntfs-3g-2015.3.14
> yet `nix-env -i ntfs3g` insists on showing
> error: selector ‘ntfs3g’ matches no derivations
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> How do I install ntfs-3g? Is that even what I need to do here?
>
> Thanks,
> Mate
>
>
>
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