Ubuntu and exFAT

[Bret Busby]

On 04/09/2018, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, Bret Busby wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 02:27:50
>> From: Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>>     <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>>     <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu and exFAT
>>
>> On 03/09/2018, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>> hi,
>>> Am Montag, den 03.09.2018, 21:59 +0800 schrieb Bret Busby:
>>>> Hello.
>>>>
>>>> A new SSD has as its default, exFAT.
>>>>
>>>> I have seen that, to mount and use exFAT, in Ubuntu Linux, the
>>>> command
>>>> needs to be ran;
>>>> sudo apt install exfat-fuse exfat-utils
>>>>
>>>> I am wondering whether the fuse stuff to enable exFAT rw access, is
>>>> automatically included in Ubuntu 18.04, or also needs to be manually
>>>> added in 18.04
>>>>
>>> exfat is patent encumbered ... so you cant ship/distribute it by
>>> default (similar to the original mp3 codecs from fraunhofer back in the
>>> days) on an iso.
>>>
>>> ciao
>>> 	oli
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> Thank you for your reply.
>>
>> However, ...
>>
>> An interesting observation - on the system on which I tried first to
>> install the two packages, from the response, it appears to me, that
>> the two exFAT packages were already installed.
>>
>
> "
> bret at bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE:~$ uname -a
> Linux bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE 4.4.0-133-generic #159-Ubuntu SMP Fri
> Aug 10 07:31:43 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> ...
> bret at bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE:~$ sudo apt install exfat-fuse
> exfat-utils
> sudo: unable to resolve host bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE
> [sudo] password for bret:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> exfat-fuse is already the newest version (1.2.3-1).
> exfat-utils is already the newest version (1.2.3-1).
> 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 8 not to upgrade.
> bret at bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE:~$
> "
>
> That, to me, appears to indicate that the pacakages were already
> installed (by default?).
>
> Whilst the uname command response does not show it, the version of
> UbuntuMATE is 16.04.x
>


Also, ...

"
bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE:~$ sudo apt install exfat-fuse exfat-utils
sudo: unable to resolve host bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE
[sudo] password for bret:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
exfat-fuse is already the newest version (1.2.3-1).
exfat-utils is already the newest version (1.2.3-1).
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 39 not to upgrade.
bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE:~$
"

Another UbuntuMATE 16.04.x system.

And I get pretty much the same response (except the currently
installed packages have version number 1.2.8-1) on a UbuntuMATE 18.04
system.

I am not complaining - I am happy that the software apparently was
already installed (and, the latest applicable versions).

I am now curious, as to whether other people also already have the
utilities installed, without having to install them, on Ubuntu Linux.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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