How To Install libatasmart-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libatasmart-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 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 libatasmart-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libatasmart-bin
How To Uninstall libatasmart-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libatasmart-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
