Add-on: Linux Desktop Installers (Previous distribution)
The following packages allow launching Hard Disk Sentinel Linux version directly from the Desktop. The packages install Hard Disk Sentinel shortcut which can be used quickly and easily to get hard disk details.
There are different installers available for different Linux distributions. Make sure to select the proper package for your system.
Thanks for Marc Sayer for making and sharing these packages!
Latest KDE (32/64 bit) installation files
Update: the following packages made for KDE in April 2016
Hard Disk Sentinel installer for KDE (32 bit version)
Hard Disk Sentinel installer for KDE (64 bit version)
Readme file for KDE with installation and usage
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The following installers designed with older Linux distributions and may no longer work under newer versions. However, for reference they will remain listed as they may be still useful for users of existing systems.
When things don't seem to go as expected:
These scripts and the HDSentinel program itself, require the use of the sudo command. if you are using a distro that does not support sudo out of the box, such as PCLinuxOS, etc. you will need to install sudo. Similarly, a user must be able to run sudo in order to install or use HDSentinel. If you are a user without sudo privileges, you will need to figure out how to add yourself to the sudoers list and give yourself sudo privileges (or get an admin to do it for you if that's appropriate). Please refer to the distro's manual or help feature for more info.
With some distros the installer script will not spawn a terminal. In that case, if you are given the option to run/execute in terminal, you can try that. Otherwise you will need to manually open a terminal window and run the script from there. This is explained in more detail in the readme.
Some distros may not successfully place the icon/launcher on the desktop, such as some KDE based distros. If this is the case with your distro, you will have to manually create a desktop icon/launcher, widget, or whatever that distro uses for it's desktop. This is explained in more detail in the readme. This may be as simple as dragging it or cutting and pasting it to the desktop or desktop folder, or it may be more involved. Please refer to the distro's manual or help feature for more info.
Some distros either do not use a menu per se, such as Ubuntu, or are for some reason unable to place the HDS icon in the menu. If you experience this, you will need to manually place the icon/launcher in your menu or whatever your distro uses in lieu of a classic menu. This may also be as simple as dragging it or cutting and pasting it to the menu, launcher dock, etc., or to the appropriate folder. Or it may be more involved. Please refer to the distro's manual or help feature for more info. If your issue is that your distro does not include a classic menu, another option is to add a classic menu to your distro. There is a nice classic menu app called ClassicMenu Indicator, that adds a nice discrete menu icon to the top menu bar. www.florian-diesch.de/software/classicmenu-indicator
I've run into one distro that would not place an icon/launcher on either the desktop or the menu, even though the files were copied to the correct folders. If you run into this with your distro, you may be able to simply copy the launcher to the desktop and/or menu manually. Or the process may be more involved. Generally the launcher file will be copied to the appropriate folders (~/.local/share/applications and ~/Desktop), but the system will not be able to work with just that. Sometimes logging off and back on will fix the issue. Sometimes a reboot will fix it. Sometimes there will be more to it. Please refer to the distro's manual or help feature for more info.
Remember that the HDSentinel install is a user install, it is installed in the folder HDSentinel, in the home directory of the user who installed it, and is only available to that user. So all menu and desktop references are for that user's menus and desktop.
Xterm is as close to a "universal" emulator as Linux offers. Most distros include xterm, though not all. So if you are unsure of which version to use, or will be installing HDSentinel on different distros, the xterm package is probably the option to try first. Additionally, you can add xterm to any distro, and unlike some of the DE based emulators, it allows for easily setting the emulator to hold the window open after HDSentinel has finished, allowing you to easily view the basic report immediately.