From: vallor@cultnix.org   
      
   On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:02:25 -0700, Mike Easter  wrote   
   in :   
      
   > 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. I agree that one   
   > should be 'wary' about doing that. You are 'guessing' as to the 'health'   
   > of doing that; but once you have decided somehow that the source is OK,   
   > it is more appropriate than trying to install a .deb that belongs to a   
   > different distro.   
   >   
   > Mint 22.2's repo/s are based on Ub 24.04 Noble Numbat; the idea behind   
   > an appropriate .ppa is that it is compiled on the same Ub as your LM.   
   > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/qdiskin   
   o?field.series_filter=noble   
   >   
   > When you use Panda Jim's (aka ubuntuhandbook1) .ppa repo, it /does/ have   
   > a matching package for 24.04 NN.  A plus for the PJ packages is that he   
   > has a long list of packages he has provided for his .ppa:   
   >   
   > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1   
   >   
   > I don't agree that 'it is the same' to go get a Debian package for an Ub   
   > based distro; Ub repo/s are Ub; Deb repo/s are Deb.   
      
   I built it from source -- meh, it just give me raw values from   
   SMART.  I prefer just smartctl.  QDiskInfo sees all my drives   
   except the USB NVME drive, an Extreme Pro.   
      
   I also grabbed gsmartcontrol and tried that.  It sees all my   
   disks -- including the Extreme Pro -- but then says they aren't   
   supported.   
      
   I went to build that from source, then saw a blurb about up-to-date   
   deb packages being available on the web site.  I followed the links   
   and ended up here:   
      
   https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/alex_sh:/gsmart   
   ontrol:/stable_latest/Ubuntu_24.10/amd64/gsmartcontrol_2.0.2+nmu1-1_amd64.deb   
      
   And that worked fine.  Basic, non-nonsense, does the job in a GUI.   
      
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