How to Install and Uninstall hd-idle Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "hd-idle" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install hd-idle on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hd-idle
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hd-idle" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall hd-idle on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hd-idle
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hd-idle package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: hd-idle
Version: 1.05+ds-2
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Alexandre Mestiashvili
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base, libc6 (>= 2.7)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: Spin down idle [USB] hard disks
Description-md5: ce146f67dc9580b65dfd2b2293631587
Homepage: http://hd-idle.sf.net
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hd-idle/hd-idle_1.05+ds-2_amd64.deb
Size: 15368
MD5sum: a467500ec51268c64fef975fd383225c
SHA256: 150b6081d6d2e0913e27437f345fe931c31e5f81aa391356c1ee59de06bf41f2