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Build smartmontools (smartctl) from source.

/dev/ edited this page Jun 10, 2022 · 5 revisions

⚙️ You can build smartmontools (smartctl) from source by running these commands:

apt-get -y install automake
git clone https://github.com/smartmontools/smartmontools.git
cd smartmontools/smartmontools
./autogen.sh
./configure --with-nvme-devicescan
make
sudo make install

❓ How to verify smartctl is installed?

➡️ Run command:
which smartctl

💡 Output:
/usr/local/sbin/smartctl

➡️ Run command:
/usr/local/sbin/smartctl -v
or
smartctl -v

💡 Output:
smartctl pre-7.4 (build date Jun  9 2022) [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-81-generic] (local build)

✅ Done :)

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