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I have searched around here and with Google, and none of the instructions I have found work with Oneric.

How do install exFAT and mount an exFAT partition in the latest release of Kubuntu?

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You will need the packages exfat-fuse and exfat-utils to allow you to read and write on exFAT drives:

For 14.04 and higher:

sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils

Afterwards you just need to plug in the HDD and you're good to go.

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  • Update, this works on 12.10 – lqlarry Jan 25 '13 at 03:59
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    I required sudo apt-get install fuse-exfat exfat-utils – bentech Oct 09 '13 at 08:46
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    on 13.10: sudo apt-get install exfat-utils exfat-fuse – knb Nov 11 '13 at 16:23
  • On 12.10, after adding the `relan/exfat` repository and updating, I had to **only** install `fuse-exfat` (this will automatically select `fuse-utils` as dependency). If you install `exfat-utils` it automatically installs `exfat-fuse`, which then prevents the installation of `fuse-exfat` (due to potential overwrite conflict). – ADTC Aug 29 '16 at 03:28
  • Also to note that when I tried to install `fuse-exfat` without adding the repository, it was not found. Therefore "For 12.10, you can install these packages by using third command **without any other process**" was not true for me. – ADTC Aug 29 '16 at 03:32
  • works for 14.04 – Laksith Apr 06 '17 at 16:37
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13.10 and later

You will need the exfat-fuse and exfat-utils packages. Install them with: 

sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils

Your exFAT formatted drives should now (auto) mount fine.

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  • for me installing exfat-fuse seemed to be all that was needed? Anyway thanks for the tip (basically, in 13.10, you no longer need the extra ppa stuff, just install this instead [if it doesn't work you may need to enable the universe repository and apt-get update]) – rogerdpack Jan 06 '14 at 14:43
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    exfat-fuse will download exfat-utils as dependency.
    If you just write `sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse` it will download both the packages.     – Sumit Murari Jul 19 '15 at 04:53