Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smartmontools on CentOS 8.
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 and SCSI hard 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 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install smartmontools.
Install smartmontools on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install smartmontools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install smartmontools
Install smartmontools on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install smartmontools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install smartmontools
How To Uninstall smartmontools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the smartmontools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove smartmontools
smartmontools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/smartmontools
/etc/smartmontools/smartd.conf
/etc/smartmontools/smartd_warning.d
/etc/smartmontools/smartd_warning.sh
/etc/sysconfig/smartmontools
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/b4e6af0895d2037bda2faed2fcbbe089eafe43
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/f25a323c351071e2fadf7172b1c19f9abbbbdf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/smartd.service
/usr/libexec/smartmontools
/usr/libexec/smartmontools/smartdnotify
/usr/sbin/smartctl
/usr/sbin/smartd
/usr/sbin/update-smart-drivedb
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/README
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/TODO
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example1
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example2
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example3
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example4
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example5
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example6
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example7
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/Example8
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/examplescripts/README
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools/smartd.conf
/usr/share/man/man5/smartd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smartctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smartd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/update-smart-drivedb.8.gz
/usr/share/smartmontools
/usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h
/var/lib/smartmontools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smartmontools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
