errors with Ubuntu 14.04

[soldier999]

Can I update Ubuntu Trusty to a version higher than 1.0.1 in the repository? I need to avoid the problem caused by Windows lack of support for linux permissions.

[relan]

I'd recommend updating to the latest versions of fuse-exfat and exfat-utils as there were a lot of fixes since 1.0.1.

[soldier999]

So you think they'll work in Trusty Tahr? Why does the ubuntu repo only have 1.0.1?

[relan]

So you think they'll work in Trusty Tahr?

Yes, I'm quite sure that source-built versions will work.

Why does the ubuntu repo only have 1.0.1?

I guess it's their policy: to keep programs versions frozen. I don't know much about Ubuntu.

[soldier999]

Thank you. I tried to compile from source but ran into issues as a beginner I don't know how to fix. Are there any detailed instructions for how to compile from your source. Here's the output: root@david-desktop:/home/exfat# ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... mawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99 checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for ar... ar checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for FUSE... no configure: error: Package requirements (fuse) were not met:

No package 'fuse' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables FUSE_CFLAGS and FUSE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details.

[relan]

Are there any detailed instructions for how to compile from your source

They are in the readme: https://github.com/relan/exfat/blob/master/README.md

[soldier999]

Thanks. Those are the directions I used but they don't explain how to get past the missing fuse problem.

[relan]

Those are the directions I used but they don't explain how to get past the missing fuse problem.

They do. Install libfuse-dev.

[soldier999]

Sorry somehow I didn't install libfuse-dev the first time through, however I have now installed it successfully and I don't get the fuse error but I don't think I have the new version of exfat. Can you tell me how to verify that it's the right version. It may be in the wrong folder or something. Would it matter that I did most of this as root?

[soldier999]

How can I verify I've got the newest version running when I reboot?

[relan]

mount.exfat-fuse -V prints version. See the man page for command line options descriptions.

[daissi]

It is quite hard to obtain an update for already released Ubuntu but it is easier to get a backport for Trusty [1]. There is already a bug report for this [2], you can use this bug report to ask them again to backport fuse-exfat.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/trusty-backports/+bug/1361869

[soldier999]

Thank you so much for your work on exfat-fuse. I now have 1.2.8. I appreciate your patience with a beginner who barely understands the basics.