How To Install smartmontools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smartmontools on CentOS 7.
What is smartmontools
The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self- Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology system (SMART) built into most modern ATA/SATA, SCSI/SAS and NVMe disks. In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.
We can use yum or dnf to install smartmontools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install smartmontools.
Install smartmontools on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install smartmontools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install smartmontools
Install smartmontools 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 smartmontools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install smartmontools
How To Uninstall smartmontools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the smartmontools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove smartmontools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smartmontools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
