[smartmontools-support] smartmontools on Ubuntu

[Claudio Kuenzler]

On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 2:27 PM Thane K. Sherrington via
Smartmontools-support <smartmontools-support at listi.jpberlin.de> wrote:

> I often use a Live USB of Ubuntu for data recovery, hard drive testing
> (especially since the current Windows NVME driver prevents smartctl from
> properly testing the drive).  However; when I do an apt install
> smartmontools I get 6.2.  Is there a way to get the current version?
>

I guess that Live USB with that Ubuntu must be a very old version. Ubuntu
20.04 (focal) is 4 years old and ships with smartmontools 7.1.... Update
your Live USB maybe?

You could also compile smartmontools from source, which is fairly easy (see
https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/1368/how-to-read-smart-drive-health-status-samsung-portable-ssd-external-drive,
section Compiling smartctl 7.4)
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