How to Install and Uninstall smartmontools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "smartmontools" package

This guide let you learn how to install smartmontools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "smartmontools" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall smartmontools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                smartmontools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the smartmontools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: smartmontools
Version: 6.6-1
Installed-Size: 1846
Maintainer: Giuseppe Iuculano
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debianutils (>= 2.2), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: mailx | mailutils
Suggests: gsmartcontrol, smart-notifier
Conflicts: smartsuite, ucsc-smartsuite
Description: control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
Description-md5: ea81561661ccfc1b07aa52e4cc37874a
Homepage: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::monitoring, hardware::storage,
implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
role::program, use::checking, use::monitor, works-with::mail
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/smartmontools/smartmontools_6.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 525400
MD5sum: dd662c03bfbff836074f4e0bc01e70c0
SHA256: 149e71f891e134b3859ac81d215364c89a50d36b1e15d3be410a23f8abea6b99