Error when attempting to access external hard drive Ubuntu 14.04

Question

When I try to click on my external hard drive I get a pop-up error that reads

Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/andrew/Untitled: Command-line `mount -t "exfat" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,namecase=0,errors=remount-ro,umask=0077" "/dev/sdb1" "/media/andrew/Untitled"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: unknown filesystem type 'exfat'

What is the issue here, and how can I go about fixing it? Thanks in advance for any help.

You might find your answer here. – Terrance Jun 29 '15 at 03:45 — Terrance, Jun 29 '15 at 03:45
Terrance is right. You'll find the answer there. – Andrew Wallace Jun 29 '15 at 03:50 — Andrew Wallace, Jun 29 '15 at 03:50

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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First, you need to enable the universe repository. If you have not done it already, run:

sudo add-apt-repository universe, then update the system with:

sudo apt-get update

Install the below packages to auto mount your exFAT formatted device:

sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils

or continue with the manual mount as you were trying.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Jun 29 '15 at 03:51

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