How To Install smart-notifier on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smart-notifier on Ubuntu 20.04.
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.
Package: smart-notifier Architecture: all Version: 0.28-5build1 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Chow Loong Jin [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 31 Depends: dbus, python-dbus, smartmontools (>= 5.33+5.34cvs20050802-2), gir1.2-gtk-3.0 Filename: pool/universe/s/smart-notifier/smart-notifier_0.28-5build1_all.deb Size: 6812 MD5sum: 4e51b1265f871836661b99bcdc3e598e SHA1: 6dadcd664b2fe8cce2413290c854f5e0bbda3db8 SHA256: e1370b91ca6f7c7ef52c6d9564255f3956d69a868038e9ccb461e2b3a6d5d8dd Description-en: graphical hard disk health status notifier 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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 smart-notifier using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smart-notifier
How To Uninstall smart-notifier on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smart-notifier package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.