How to Install and Uninstall hd-idle Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "hd-idle" package

Please follow the guidance below to install hd-idle on Kali Linux


    
        
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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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall hd-idle on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: hd-idle
Source: hd-idle (1.05+ds-2)
Version: 1.05+ds-2+b2
Installed-Size: 55
Maintainer: Alexandre Mestiashvili
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Size: 15776
SHA256: 707c18473d0f4795445abb8e6ed263c756c03c57f6b082d9ead8184bdcae7e5d
SHA1: 6d37beb479b1d4a635629fd44d5c444ce7a0d9ad
MD5sum: 3deff1110e2532dd256ac11cf40e4b1c
Description: Spin down idle [USB] hard disks
hd-idle is a utility program for spinning-down external disks after a period
of idle time. Since most external IDE disk enclosures don't support setting
the IDE idle timer, a program like hd-idle is required to spin down idle disks
automatically.
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A word of caution: hard disks don't like spinning up too often. Laptop disks
are more robust in this respect than desktop disks but if you set your disks
to spin down after a few seconds you may damage the disk over time due to the
stress the spin-up causes on the spindle motor and bearings. It seems that
manufacturers recommend a minimum idle time of 3-5 minutes, the default in
hd-idle is 10 minutes.
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One more word of caution: hd-idle will spin down any disk accessible via the
SCSI layer (USB, IEEE1394, ...) but it will not work with real SCSI disks
because they don't spin up automatically. Thus it's not called scsi-idle and
It is not recommended to use it on a real SCSI system unless you have a kernel
patch that automatically starts the SCSI disks after receiving a sense buffer
indicating the disk has been stopped. Without such a patch, real SCSI disks
won't start again and you can as well pull the plug.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://hd-idle.sf.net
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hd-idle/hd-idle_1.05+ds-2+b2_amd64.deb