How To Install libatasmart-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatasmart-bin on Kali Linux.

What is libatasmart-bin

libatasmart-bin is:

A small and lightweight parser library for ATA S.M.A.R.T. hard disk health monitoring.

This package contains the following utilities:

• skdump - a small tool that produces a similar output to smartctl -a
• sktest - a small tool for starting/aborting S.M.A.R.T. self-tests

There are three methods to install libatasmart-bin on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libatasmart-bin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libatasmart-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libatasmart-bin

Install libatasmart-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libatasmart-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libatasmart-bin

Install libatasmart-bin Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libatasmart-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libatasmart-bin

How To Uninstall libatasmart-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libatasmart-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libatasmart-bin

Uninstall libatasmart-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libatasmart-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libatasmart-bin

Remove libatasmart-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libatasmart-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libatasmart-bin

Remove libatasmart-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libatasmart-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libatasmart-bin

Dependencies

libatasmart-bin have the following dependencies:

• libatasmart4
• libc6

References

• libatasmart-bin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatasmart-bin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.