How to Install and Uninstall idle3-tools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "idle3-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install idle3-tools on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                idle3-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "idle3-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall idle3-tools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                idle3-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the idle3-tools package on Kali Linux

Package: idle3-tools
Version: 0.9.1-7
Installed-Size: 40
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 12804
SHA256: c6301a552f6ff2119e44f5554d22ffb9b24a01d1cde4638bbceadd6918991e14
SHA1: 49def62e450c8f7f9b1c2c276684831ea32b7211
MD5sum: 1fae5171712201d2dff21f3926834d92
Description: change the idle3 timer of recent Western Digital Hard Disk Drives
Idle3-tools provides a linux/unix utility that can disable, get and
set the value of the infamous idle3 timer found on recent Western
Digital Hard Disk Drives.
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It can be used as an alternative to the official wdidle3.exe
proprietary utility, without the need to reboot in a DOS environment.
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A power off/on cycle of the drive will still be mandatory for new
settings to be taken into account.
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Modern Western Digital "Green" Drives include the Intellipark feature
that stops the disk when not in use.
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Unfortunately, the default timer setting is not perfect on linux/unix
systems, including many NAS, and leads to a dramatic increase of the
Load Cycle Count value (SMART attribute #193). With the default timer
setting, the drive will spin down *every eight seconds* if idle and
this may get the spindle motor to burn out in a few months or so.
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If you have a Western Digital EADS or EARS drive, please check you
SMART information before it's too late by running the following
command:
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sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda | grep "^193"
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If the Load cycle count (which is in the last column) exceeds 1000,
you're probably affected by the idle3 timer problem.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/idle3-tools/idle3-tools_0.9.1-7_amd64.deb