Software Requirements

Note: If using the official Windows packages, no additional software is required.

Supported Operating Systems

  • Linux
  • Windows (Vista SP2 or later)
    • Note: The Windows port uses pd0, (pd1, …) devices for physical drives 0, (1, …).
  • FreeBSD
  • NetBSD
  • OpenBSD
  • DragonFlyBSD
  • macOS
  • Solaris
  • QNX (code written but no testing has been performed yet).

Build Requirements

Note: These are required only if you're building GSmartControl from source code.

  • GTK+ 3 library, version 3.4 or higher.
  • Gtkmm library, version 3.4 or higher.
  • C++20 Compiler (GCC 13 or later, Clang/libc++ 17 or later, Apple Clang 15 or later)
  • CMake, version 3.14 or higher.

Building from Source

  1. Install the dependencies using your package manager.
  2. Clone or extract GSmartControl source code. We assume the directory is named gsmartcontrol.
  3. Build GSmartControl using the following commands: 
    cd gsmartcontrol
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make

Runtime Requirements

Note: The Windows packages already include all the required software.

  • Smartmontools. Windows users have an option to install a separate version of smartmontools on their systems, and GSmartControl will automatically use it.
  • xterm (optional, needed to run update-smart-drivedb on Linux / Unix systems).