How To Install smart-notifier on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smart-notifier on Ubuntu.
What is smart-notifier
smart-notifier is:
A graphical notifier for smartmontools which attempts to show messages from the smartd disk monitoring daemon to the user. Currently only for gtk.
WARNING: This package is not a replacement for regular backups. It will try to warn the user when smartd sends a disk health warning. But success is not guaranteed. At best this package is an extra layer of protection.
There are three methods to install smart-notifier on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install smart-notifier Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smart-notifier using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smart-notifier
Install smart-notifier Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smart-notifier using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smart-notifier
Install smart-notifier Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install smart-notifier using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smart-notifier
How To Uninstall smart-notifier on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the smart-notifier package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smart-notifier
Uninstall smart-notifier And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smart-notifier and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smart-notifier
Remove smart-notifier Configurations and Data
To remove smart-notifier configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smart-notifier
Remove smart-notifier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smart-notifier configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smart-notifier
Dependencies
smart-notifier have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smart-notifier package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.