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I'm getting the error unknown filesystem type 'exfat' and have seen all the posts and articles that reference installing exfat-utils and exfat-fuse. However, exfat-utils is not available under 22.04 LTS. I found exfat-progs and tried that but it still gives the error when attempting to mount an exFat formatted partition.

An attempt to locate exfat-utils confirms it is not in jammy repos:

$ rmadison exfat-utils
 exfat-utils | 1.0.1-1 | trusty/universe | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el
 exfat-utils | 1.2.3-1 | xenial/universe | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x
 exfat-utils | 1.2.8-1 | bionic/universe | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el, s390x
 exfat-utils | 1.3.0-1 | focal/universe  | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x
 exfat-utils | 1.3.0-2 | impish/universe | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x
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    It's not needed because exfat support is built into the kernel. That makes this an XY Problem. I suggest that you ask about and provide details about your actual problem. – Nmath May 08 '22 at 00:31
  • Did you use the correct spelling - exfatprogs not exfat-progs? – Carolus Sep 05 '22 at 14:20
  • exFAT read-write support is in the kernel. To create, fsck, or label an exFAT partition, you need the exfatprogs package. – Carolus Sep 05 '22 at 14:22
  • Wanted to acknowledge your comment; thanks. I'm pretty sure that the name 'exfat-progs' was one I found while searching for likely related packages. But it's been long enough I'll have to check and report back. – AdvApp Sep 08 '22 at 23:19
  • @Carolus exFat option is greyed out when I try to format a partition via Disks. I tried to install it via Terminal [sudo apt install exfatprogs] but it responds with "package exfatprogs not available, but is reffered to by another package. Package exfatprogs has no installation candidate". – Ashraf Alshahawy Nov 15 '22 at 15:39
  • @AshrafAlshahawy One likely cause is that you do not have the Universe repository activated. I found that information when searching for the package here where it states [universe] for 22.04. – Carolus Nov 17 '22 at 11:43

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