How to Install and Uninstall scsitools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "scsitools" package

This is a short guide on how to install scsitools on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall scsitools on Kali Linux:


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

Package: scsitools
Version: 0.12-5
Installed-Size: 346
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), sg3-utils (>= 1.24), lsb-base
Recommends: e2fsprogs
Suggests: tk
Conflicts: hwtools (<< 0.6)
Size: 105256
SHA256: 958f5b350493961c8694b5c591d7cb65e609e05eba64bdf523d1149152d91ff1
SHA1: 6e1b4497d84ce55d7c3356a770df1cb1b077173c
MD5sum: cc823c6eafd81a9f4498ba35e58896c8
Description: Collection of tools for SCSI hardware management
This package is a collection of tools for manipulating SCSI hardware:
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scsiinfo: displays SCSI drive low-level information and modifies SCSI
drive settings,
scsidev: makes permanent SCSI LUN -> devicename connections,
scsifmt: low-level SCSI formatter,
sraw: benchmarks raw SCSI I/O rates bypassing the buffer cache,
scsi-spin: program to manually spin up and down a SCSI device.
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Beware that, to be used properly, these tools require some knowledge of
what they're doing as they can cause damage to your system.
Description-md5:
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::storage, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::configuring, use::scanning
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/scsitools/scsitools_0.12-5_amd64.deb