How to Install and Uninstall diskscan Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "diskscan" package

Learn how to install diskscan on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 covers the steps necessary to uninstall diskscan on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                diskscan
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the diskscan package on Kali Linux

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
Size: 43352
SHA256: 85bae9c8fd86e99d9eeb41f3b465e288c71643d608886c8b87f8b0456d13ac52
SHA1: 0c5831484bf168fbe88df3625bc6e11863f80887
MD5sum: ad101a1e66b4c6828d9f687d1fbc43a6
Description: scan storage media for bad or near failure sectors
diskscan is intended to find sectors of a storage medium
(hard disk, flash drive or pendrive, etc.) which are bad
or in the process of going bad.
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The operation is entirely read-only and does not cause
damage to the data on filesystems. As the program reads
block device sectors, it will work whether there is a
filesystem or not.
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diskscan reads the entire block device and notes the time
it took to read a block. When there is an error it is
immediately noted and also when there is a higher latency
to read a block. A histogram of the block latency times is
also given to assess the health of the medium.
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diskscan can also be used to test the speed and quality of
the medium. All sectors of a perfect medium could be read
at the same speed.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/baruch/diskscan
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/diskscan/diskscan_0.20-3_amd64.deb