From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Mike Easter wrote:   
   > Felix wrote:   
   >> I want to install this, but it's not in the software manager.   
   >   
   > I have installed quite a few packages from .ppa/s.   
      
   To investigate, I booted a live LM 22.1 I had handy and added the PJ   
   repo for qdiskinfo as well as synaptic, because I like synaptic to tell   
   me something about packages 'conveniently'.   
      
   It seems that qdiskinfo's 'claim to fame' is that it provides a   
   front-end for smartctl to give an experience similar to crystaldiskinfo   
   to access SMART hdd info.   
      
   The *disadvantage* to qdiskinfo, as one might guess from the Q in front,   
   is that it is qt based, which means that a conventional LM 22 which uses   
   gtk as tool kit has to add a TON of qt stuff to get the package loaded up.   
      
   Personally I don't usually do that to my distro; I try to find something   
   that matches my own tool kit.   
      
   After researching this a bit, I see that GSmartcontrol is a gtk based   
   method for accessing the functions for SMART w/o having to add the qt   
   burdens above.   
   --   
   Mike Easter   
      
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