How to install GSmartControl on Ubuntu 16.04
To install GSmartControl on Ubuntu 16.04
GSmartControl is a GUI alternative for smartctl, a tool for controlling SMART data on hard disk drives and solid state drives. With this software, you can check the SMART data in order to determine its health. It also allows you to run different tests.
SMART is an acronym for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, a technology that makes it possible to detect HDD and SDD failures. The early detection of potential problems allows the user to get informed about the situation and make a backup and/or replace the drive before reaching the point of loosing important information.
Some of GSmartControl features are covered below.
- Automatic anomalies reporting
- Enable / Disable SMART
- Perform SMART tests
- Display device information
- Enable / Disable Automatic Offline Data Collection
- Ease of use
- Nice documentation
Installing GSmartControl
Before you begin with the process of installation, you need to update your system by running the following command.
root@localhost:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
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Fetched 2,793 kB in 5s (497 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
And then, you shall install the GSmartControl package by running the following command.
root@localhost:~# apt-get install gsmartcontrol
Reading package lists... Done
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Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47ubuntu1) ...
GSmartControl has been installed, you shall run the following command to open the application.
root@localhost:~# gsmartcontrol
The application now appears on your screen.
To view information & Configuration for Disk
With this the installation of GSmartControl on Ubuntu 16.04 comes to an end.
Which version of GTK and Gtkmm you have installed. Finding this out is very distribution-specific. For example, on openSUSE it would be rpm -q gtk3 gtkmm3. Some distributions have gtkmm30 instead. You may also search them in your distribution's graphical package manager, if there is one.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either version 2 or (at your option) version 3 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.