How to Install and Uninstall scrub Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "scrub" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install scrub on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall scrub on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                scrub
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the scrub package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: scrub
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.1-1build2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chris Taylor
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 114
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/s/scrub/scrub_2.6.1-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 30756
MD5sum: ca3d9ec67c8f7ab5939157ce5b2b9bb4
SHA1: b03fa76edd8b7c6fc72cfc36982376b4072e2d07
SHA256: 84ab8fc5499a93510d2b87e98b96d2d44491a26fa2eada119b0ba58a984cef4f
SHA512: cbd8b4c949904f46fc14ecaf953bbd0c7a75ad2b521547e894c7369cad8e96909ea64c060ddb8ece7f8251fe3cf39b31cf085cc197ef348ed8ac9ba544758f5a
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/diskscrub/
Description: writes patterns on magnetic media to thwart data recovery
Description-md5: 57144c79cf36f369f1c28f77a63bdc2c