How to Install and Uninstall smartmontools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 26,2024

You can also install and uninstall the smartmontools on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "smartmontools" package

This tutorial shows how to install smartmontools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall smartmontools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the smartmontools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: smartmontools
Source: smartmontools (7.3-1)
Version: 7.3-1+b1
Installed-Size: 2199
Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debianutils (>= 2.2), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsystemd0
Suggests: gsmartcontrol, smart-notifier, mailx | mailutils, curl | wget | lynx, gpg
Conflicts: smartsuite, ucsc-smartsuite
Description: control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
Description-md5: ea81561661ccfc1b07aa52e4cc37874a
Homepage: https://www.smartmontools.org/
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_7.3-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 592772
MD5sum: 9d493e4e11c52f5dcdd1524b6ba6ceff
SHA256: 724cd3dd49dec76f6fb0297252aeb860db54716d131387493180209f54d68d51