How to Install gsmartcontrol in Ubuntu 18.04



Install gsmartcontrol by entering the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gsmartcontrol

Description:

graphical user interface for smartctl

GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl, which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it. . Features: . * automatically reports and highlights any anomalies; * allows enabling/disabling Automatic Offline Data Collection; * allows enabling/disabling SMART itself; * supports configuration of global and per-drive options for smartctl; * performs SMART self-tests; * displays drive IDs, capabilities, attributes, and self-test/error logs; * can read in smartctl data from a saved file, interpreting it as a read-only virtual device.

Homepage: https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/

Version: 1.1.3-1

Section: universe/utils