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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?<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Thane K. Sherrington<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27-May-2024 9:37 a.m., Claudio
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 27, 2024 at
2:27 PM Thane K. Sherrington via Smartmontools-support <<a href="mailto:smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de</a>>
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<div> 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?</div>
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<div>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?<br>
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<div>You could also compile smartmontools from source, which
is fairly easy (see <a href="https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/1368/how-to-read-smart-drive-health-status-samsung-portable-ssd-external-drive" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/1368/how-to-read-smart-drive-health-status-samsung-portable-ssd-external-drive</a>,
section Compiling smartctl 7.4) <br>
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