How to Install and Uninstall diskscan Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 26,2025

You can also install and uninstall the diskscan on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "diskscan" package

This tutorial shows how to install diskscan on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                diskscan
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "diskscan" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall diskscan on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the diskscan package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: diskscan
Version: 0.20-3
Installed-Size: 110
Maintainer: Kyle Robbertze
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Enhances: f3
Description: scan storage media for bad or near failure sectors
Description-md5: a7612c6515780c86d4fd97aa2f761ebd
Homepage: https://github.com/baruch/diskscan
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/diskscan/diskscan_0.20-3_amd64.deb
Size: 43352
MD5sum: ad101a1e66b4c6828d9f687d1fbc43a6
SHA256: 85bae9c8fd86e99d9eeb41f3b465e288c71643d608886c8b87f8b0456d13ac52