How To Install gsmartcontrol on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsmartcontrol on CentOS 7. gsmartcontrol is Graphical user interface for smartctl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsmartcontrol on CentOS 7.

What is gsmartcontrol

GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the drive’s SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.

We can use yum or dnf to install gsmartcontrol on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gsmartcontrol.

Install gsmartcontrol on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gsmartcontrol using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gsmartcontrol

Install gsmartcontrol on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gsmartcontrol using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gsmartcontrol

How To Uninstall gsmartcontrol on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gsmartcontrol package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gsmartcontrol

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsmartcontrol on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.