If you got this far, it's because you want to add support for the multimedia data transfer protocol MTP (Multimedia Transfer Protocol) of our Android.
The question is very simple. Just add (depending on the distro you have; deb or rpm) a series of lines of code (using sudo for newbies) to install the packages and then restart so that it recognizes the internal memory of the cell phone.
MTP support in Debian / Ubuntu / Mint and derivatives "deb"
I clarify that first try the last of the 3 steps. It may be that your distro already has the programs in the repository. If you get an error then start from here.
First:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
Second:
sudo apt-get update & dist-upgrade
Finally:
sudo apt-get install mtp-tools mtpfs
MTP support in Red Hat / Fedora / CentOS / Suse and "rpm" derivatives:
Put (clarify that they have to have the RPMFusion repos)
sudo yum install gvfs-mtp kio_mtp libmtp simple-mtpfs
The files are lightweight, so you can download them with the peace of mind that they are very light. As I said before; reboot and that's it. They will already have mtp support on their beloved and beloved Linux.
It's good, once I activated it and everything is fine, although it would be perfect if MTP were not so slow in GNU / Linux.
This tip is very useful 😉
The same kio-mtp is far from working well with all android phones
I add, for Arch Linux is
# pacman -S libmtp gvfs-mtpAnd if I remember correctly, you have to restart the session to apply the changes.
Thank you very much for contributing giving more useful information 🙂
Although Arch recognized my phone after installation, it was a bit clunky. I'll try it.
very interesting, thanks for the tip, and by the way here in the blog I have not seen anyone mention the most famous phone of the moment (well really not so much anymore) the OnePlus One that comes with Cyanogenmod by default, I have already seen many reviews but no I would like to see one of the blog here
Many thanks!!!!
It also works for windows phone 8.1 on a notebook with Ubuntu 14.04.
It cost me a world to connect my cell phone with the notebook to move files, mainly music, with these steps later it was plug & play. 🙂
Excellent work!!!
Greetings from the south of Chile !!!!
The info is very much appreciated !!!!
Greetings to all and all.
Just a quick question:
The mtp-tools and mtpfs packages are not already installed by default in Ubuntu 14.04?
I thought they were.
Thank you.
There is also the option of KDE Connect, an excellent application, not only is it file synchronization, you can also use your smartphone as a touchpad and multimedia control.
regards
Hello, how can I activate MTP in Windows Phone 8.1 to use it in Linux? Although I want an Android and I don't have money to buy one, I'm looking for how to connect it in Linux, either Ubuntu, Fedora or OpenSUSE. a greeting.
It also recognizes the windows phone
For variety lovers: gmtp (http://gmtp.sourceforge.net).
I use it with my Lumia 520 with wp8.1 and it allows me to work with internal memory (Phone) or external memory (SD).
Hello,
Thanks for the input, I have followed the steps to enable MTP in Elementary OS Luna (based on ubuntu 12.04), but it doesn't work, my moto G doesn't show up in the file manager In Ubuntu 14.04 it works out-the-box
Install the mtp-tools runtime and neither
Any ideas
Saludos y gracias
Did you notice that the Moto G was like MTP and not Mass Storage? It has happened to me haha
I clarify that the last command is valid for Red Hat and its substitutes, but not for OpenSUSE (nor for other "rpm" such as Mageia, OpenMandriva or PCLinuxOS), since the latter does not use Yum but Zypper, and neither does it use the RPMFusion repository. Instead, in OpenSUSE the requested packages will be found, if not in their official repositories, in one of the community repositories (probably "Filesystems" or "Packman"), and the command would be:
sudo zipper install
# sudo add-apt-repository ppa: langdalepl / gvfs-mtp
...
GPG: Requesting Key C07Bbec4 from HKP Server Keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key C07BBEC4: "Launchpad PPA for Philip Langdale" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
sudo apt-get update & dist-upgrade
[1] 5904
Bash: DIST-UPGRADE: Command Not Found
...
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
# Dist-upgrade
Bash: DIST-UPGRADE: Command Not Found
s # sudo apt-get install mtp-tools mtpfs
Reading package lists ... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information ... Done
E: Unable to locate package mtpfs
In the end, I installed Pushbullet and Airdroid on Android and it serves me for what I want to do right now, which is, transfer a photo from the phone to the PC, without sending it to me by email. Although I still have the phone connected to the laptop because it is charging.
I couldn't use MPT.
I don't know if it's me, but it seems to me that the second command line is wrong, and instead of "dist-upgrade" it would be just an apt-get upgrade, right? maybe it's my thing
Great contribution this post!
Be careful with the configuration of the cell phone. If USB debugging is active on Android or things like that, it won't show on your linux, even if you have the MTP packages.
On my Xubuntu 14.04 the necessary packages were available.
Regards,
Well, it doesn't work for me in Mint 17.3. The following message comes out
'This PPA does not support trusty'
Cannot add the PPA: »This PPA does not support trusty».
I get this »sudo apt-get update & dist-upgrade
[1] 4887
dist-upgrade: order not found
Obj: 1 http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease
Obj: 2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu Cosmic Inrelease
Ign: 3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/langdalepl/gvfs-mtp/ubuntu Cosmic Inrelease
Obj: 4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu Cosmic-Security Inrelease
Obj: 5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu Cosmic-Updates Inrelease
Obj: 6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu Cosmic-Backports Inrelease
Ign: 7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefanclub/grive-tools/ubuntu Cosmic Inrelease
Err: 8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/langdalepl/gvfs-mtp/ubuntu cosmic release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Err: 9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefanclub/grive-tools/ubuntu cosmic release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Reading package list ... Done
E: The repository "http://ppa.launchpad.net/langdalepl/gvfs-mtp/ubuntu cosmic Release" does not have a Release file.
N: You cannot update from a repository like this safely and therefore it is disabled by default.
N: See the apt-secure (8) man page for details on creating repositories and configuring users.
E: The repository "http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefanclub/grive-tools/ubuntu cosmic Release" does not have a Release file.
N: You cannot update from a repository like this safely and therefore it is disabled by default.
N: See the apt-secure (8) man page for details on creating repositories and configuring users.
anibal @ anibal-pc: ~ $ gvfs-mtp kio_mtp libmtp simple-mtpfs
gvfs-mtp: command not found
[1] + Output 100 sudo apt-get update
[1] + Output 100 sudo apt-get update
anibal @ anibal-pc: ~ $
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I don't know what to do next since it detects it but it tells me when I open the cell phone folder »The name: 1.84 was not provided by any .service files»
i am new to lubuntu i have never used ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 20.04 and it didn't help me
Hello Edgardo, your post is 6 years old now, so when the posts are so old it is unlikely that the author (in this case, me) will respond to you. Today you safas because you caught me in good to try to remember such an old password haha.
Remember to restart the session (since gvfs starts as a graphical environment service) and to configure on your phone to use the MTP protocol.