How To Install smartmontools on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smartmontools on Rocky Linux 8.
What is smartmontools
The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self- Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks. In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.
We can use yum or dnf to install smartmontools on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install smartmontools.
Install smartmontools on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install smartmontools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install smartmontools
Install smartmontools on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install smartmontools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install smartmontools
How To Uninstall smartmontools on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the smartmontools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove smartmontools
smartmontools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/smartmontools
/etc/smartmontools/smartd.conf
/etc/smartmontools/smartd_warning.d
/etc/smartmontools/smartd_warning.sh
/etc/sysconfig/smartmontools
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/807d70f70935a2e640e196d7515eba554813a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/d2f96224df6a4a3e582ef51fa0314cf052034f
/usr/lib/systemd/system/smartd.service
/usr/libexec/smartmontools
/usr/libexec/smartmontools/smartdnotify
/usr/sbin/smartctl
/usr/sbin/smartd
/usr/sbin/update-smart-drivedb
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/README
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/TODO
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example1
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example2
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example3
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example4
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example5
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example6
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example7
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example8
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/README
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/smartd.conf
/usr/share/man/man5/smartd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smartctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smartd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/update-smart-drivedb.8.gz
/usr/share/smartmontools
/usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h
/var/lib/smartmontools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smartmontools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
