Information about the package, smartmontools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The smartmontools package is designed for, Tools for monitoring SMART capable hard disks.
Package Name:
smartmontools
Summary:
Tools for monitoring SMART capable hard disks
Description:
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 and SCSI hard disks. In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.43
Release:
3.el6
Size:
1.6 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the smartmontools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install smartmontools
This command will install smartmontools on the server.
yum remove smartmontools
This command will un-install smartmontools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove smartmontools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove smartmontools
This command will un-install smartmontools on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove smartmontools when using the -y flag.
yum update smartmontools
This command will update smartmontools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove smartmontools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update smartmontools
This command will update smartmontools to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove smartmontools when using the -y flag.
yum info smartmontools
This command will show you core information about the smartmontools package.
yum deplist smartmontools
This command will show you the dependencies for smartmontools. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update smartmontools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on smartmontools. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.