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

Last updated: November 21,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "scrub" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install scrub on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall scrub on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: scrub
Source: scrub (2.6.1-1)
Version: 2.6.1-1+b1
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Chris Taylor
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: writes patterns on magnetic media to thwart data recovery
Description-md5: 57144c79cf36f369f1c28f77a63bdc2c
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/diskscrub/
Tag: admin::filesystem, hardware::storage, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::privacy, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/scrub/scrub_2.6.1-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 34514
MD5sum: f43193b3a0b414d1b89e9f3d58e42156
SHA256: 3a1eb6ebf3fcd96f18d879442f10c102de1d172ad1e87d4fc925ff4c5e421298