How to Install and Uninstall diskscan Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "diskscan" package

This tutorial shows how to install diskscan on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Learn how to uninstall diskscan on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: diskscan
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.20-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kyle Robbertze
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 110
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Enhances: f3
Filename: pool/universe/d/diskscan/diskscan_0.20-3_amd64.deb
Size: 45998
MD5sum: 1db77724c09c2a680f94bbdc3b71d63e
SHA1: c0643591d4a595242474e27dc4bc2cb3ef1b3289
SHA256: e24e44b9be89419349c34f26c5c16be2875af56d5f16f5f24ac62a5140832208
SHA512: b39146cf30a4ff5bd9f20c3155a421b58876570a61d7d81da7a38f37bee24e48087053ccf2fb57170d260c5c95d229f9cf4d949e6208f59b69daddc3b708905e
Homepage: https://github.com/baruch/diskscan
Description: scan storage media for bad or near failure sectors
Description-md5: a7612c6515780c86d4fd97aa2f761ebd