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Uninstall NTFS-3G without Preference Pane

How do I uninstall NTFS-3G without the preference pane? The script in the ntfs-3g.fs file doesn't seem to work for me.
I hope I get as many solutions as possible since it might not work on the OS I am currently running (10.6).

Joined: Sat Oct 06, 2007 09:24
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Re: Uninstall NTFS-3G without Preference Pane

10.6 is still prerelease, and I'm aware that uninstalling it doesn't work since Apple removed a feature needed for uninstalling (there's no bill of materials file stored in the '/Library/Receipts' directory anymore, so there's no way to automatically read out what was installed).
However, here are some shell commands that remove everything installed by NTFS-3G 2009.4.4:

Enjoy. ;)
- Erik

Wow! Thank you a LOT! Sry for causing trouble.
I will try installing it again as I have heard other people reporting that NTFS-3G works on SL. I got an error message though. Anyways, I hope it'll work now.
Btw, will NTFS-3G be made 10.6-compatible after it is officially released or are the developers working on it right now?
Thanks again for your help.

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Re: Uninstall NTFS-3G without Preference Pane

What was the error message?

I will try to make sure that NTFS-3G works well with Snow Leopard at the time of release (or at least within a few days after release).
Cheers,
- Erik

I cannot remember it. And neither can I recreate it. Sorry. I always appeared when I mounted my NTFS drives. The message was pretty long and said that because of that error I won't mount any NTFS drives at all; they were not on my desktop.

Thanks a lot for your effort! I and the rest of us appreciate your work :)

I recently tried installing NTFS-3G again because I got my Preference Panes to work again. You were asking for the error message I got when I tried to mount NTFS volumes. Here it is:

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Re: Uninstall NTFS-3G without Preference Pane

I assume that you're running the 64-bit kernel in Snow Leopard, since you're getting this message?
MacFUSE doesn't work with the current 64-bit Snow Leopard preview kernel, and I'm not sure when it will be updated. Hopefully in time for the release of Snow Leopard.
You can ask for more info regarding MacFUSE here: http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse/
The 32-bit kernel should work with MacFUSE/NTFS-3G though.
- Erik

Yes Im running the 64-bit kernel. Well, then I can only wait..thanks!

I'm fairly new to the Mac (after an 8 year absence), so how do I even get to the shell commands below so I can remove NTFS-3G using this code?
sudo rm -r /Library/PreferencePanes/NTFS-3G.prefPane
sudo rm -r /System/Library/Filesystems/ntfs-3g.fs
sudo rm /sbin/mount_ntfs-3g /sbin/newfs_ntfs-3g
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/fuse_wait /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g.probe /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g_daemon /usr/local/bin/ntfscat /usr/local/bin/ntfscluster /usr/local/bin/ntfscmp /usr/local/bin/ntfsfix /usr/local/bin/ntfsinfo /usr/local/bin/ntfsls
sudo rm -r /usr/local/include/ntfs /usr/local/include/ntfs-3g
sudo rm /usr/local/lib/libntfs.* /usr/local/lib/libntfs-3g.* /usr/local/pkgconfig/libntfs-3g.pc
sudo rm /usr/local/sbin/mkntfs /usr/local/sbin/ntfsclone /usr/local/sbin/ntfscp /usr/local/sbin/ntfslabel /usr/local/sbin/ntfsresize /usr/local/sbin/ntfsundelete
sudo rm -r /usr/local/share/doc/ntfs-3g /usr/local/share/doc/ntfsprogs
sudo rm /usr/local/share/man/man8/libntfs-gnomevfs.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/mkfs.ntfs.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/mkntfs.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/mount.ntfs-3g.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfs-3g.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfs-3g.probe.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfscat.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfsclone.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfscluster.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfscmp.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfscp.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfsfix.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfsinfo.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfslabel.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfsls.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfsmount.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfsprogs.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfsresize.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/ntfsundelete.8
Thanks
Steve

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Re: Uninstall NTFS-3G without Preference Pane

Open the application 'Terminal' in the 'Utilities' folder, and just copy paste the batch of commands (you will be asked to enter your password since it's removing protected files).

Thanks for your reply but I bought Paragons paid version and it seems to work great on my Mac.
Steve

Re: Sticky: Uninstall NTFS-3G without Preference Pane

I just tried uninstalling NTFS-3G (2009.4.4) from my 10.6.2 Macbook and just ran into this issue about 45 minutes ago..
I then tried uninstalling the package with the supplied script at

just to find that this doesn't work either..
In the end I just spent the past 15 minutes rewriting this uninstall-script to work with snow leo.
I just tested three installs/reboots/uninstalls and it all went just as expected. MacFUSE still needs to be uninstalled via it's PrefPane though (which I experienced to be unproblematic and working as expected).
Since I figured that this could be useful for others as well, I attached the script (and a short readme) to this post.
Cheers, cizko

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Re: Sticky: Uninstall NTFS-3G without Preference Pane

Hi,

It's really just a matter of substituting the string /Library/Receipts for /var/db/receipts, afaik.. but then it only works on Snow Leopard, so it's not a solution for the package.
In future versions I'll place a copy of the .bom file in a place where it can always be found by the uninstall script. That way it will work for all platforms, even in future Mac OS X versions.
I noticed that you made a decision in the script to remove the preferences file when uninstalling. Preferences are user-generated and shouldn't be 'uninstalled'. It's like 'uninstalling' the documents created by a word processor when uninstalling the program.
Most users would expect preferences to be retained if they decide to uninstall/reinstall a piece of software (for instance for troubleshooting purposes).
Cheers,
- Erik

Re: Sticky: Uninstall NTFS-3G without Preference Pane

Just a quick thank you. Found this useful
William

Re: Sticky: Uninstall NTFS-3G without Preference Pane

Hey Erik!

This is why I labeled the previously uploded script: uninstall-ntfs3g-snowleo.sh.
This path-adustment is definitely the most important part, but the script needed some more minor adjustmenst to actually rid all traces of ntfs-3g from the former host. If you want to know more, take a look at the deletion processes at the very end, where my patched script does some more 'cleaning up' than the original did..

Yea well - that was more of a personal decision. I prefer not to have any 'leftovers' when deciding to uninstall a tool..
Cheers, Mathias

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Re: Uninstall NTFS-3G without Preference Pane

What do you think about the uninstall process in the latest release (2009.11.14)?