How To Install smart-notifier on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smart-notifier on Kali Linux.

What is smart-notifier

smart-notifier is:

A graphical notifier for smartmontools which attempts to show messages from the smartd disk monitoring daemon to the user. Currently only for gtk.

WARNING: This package is not a replacement for regular backups. It will try to warn the user when smartd sends a disk health warning. But success is not guaranteed. At best this package is an extra layer of protection.

There are three methods to install smart-notifier 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 smart-notifier Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smart-notifier

Install smart-notifier Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smart-notifier

Install smart-notifier 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 smart-notifier using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smart-notifier

How To Uninstall smart-notifier on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the smart-notifier package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smart-notifier

Uninstall smart-notifier And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smart-notifier

Remove smart-notifier Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge smart-notifier

Remove smart-notifier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smart-notifier

Dependencies

smart-notifier have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• smart-notifier website

Summary

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