[smartmontools-support] smartmontools on Ubuntu

[Thane K. Sherrington]

Well, when I recreated my Ubuntu flash drive and installed 
smartmontools, I got version 7.2.  I must have been doing something wrong.
Thane K. Sherrington

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On 27-May-2024 11:59 a.m., Thane K. Sherrington via 
Smartmontools-support wrote:
> I'm using 24.04 LTS Desktop.  When I run smartctl it tells me I need 
> to use sudo apt install smartmontools to get it.  Is there a newer 
> version I should be using?
>
> I
> Thane K. Sherrington
>
> Computer Connection, Ltd. ...taking the mystery out of computers since 
> 1982.
> Winner of the 2012 Ian Spencer - Excellence in Business Award
> *Thanks for making us the Reader's Choice Best Computer Store in 2016, 
> 2017, 2018 and 2019!*
> 95 College St., Antigonish,
> NS B2G 1X6
> 902-863-3361 (phone)
> 902-863-2580 (fax)
> thane at computerconnectionltd.com
> On 27-May-2024 9:37 a.m., Claudio Kuenzler wrote:
>>
>> 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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