<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><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">smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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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></blockquote><div><br></div><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></div><div><br></div><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">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></div><div> </div></div></div>