The smartmontools package contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks.
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Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/smartmontools-7.5.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 38c38b0b82db7fc4906cdd50d15a7931
Download size: 1.1 MB
Estimated disk space required: 24 MB
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU
cURL-8.13.0 or Lynx-2.9.2 or Wget-1.25.0 (download tools), and GnuPG-2.4.7 (encrypted hard disks)
Install smartmontools by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--with-initscriptdir=no \
--with-libsystemd=no \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/smartmontools-7.5 &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
--with-initscriptdir=no:
This switch suppresses the default initialization script. See below
for the BLFS script.
--with-libsystemd=no: This
switch disables support for the sd-notify notification system
provided by systemd.
See the embedded comments in /etc/smartd.conf for detailed instructions on
customizing the smartd daemon.
If you want the smartd daemon to
start automatically when the system is booted, install the
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smartd init script
included in the blfs-bootscripts-20250225 package.
make install-smartd