How to Install and Uninstall diskscan Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "diskscan" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install diskscan on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall diskscan on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: diskscan
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.20-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kyle Robbertze
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 113
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libtinfo5 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Enhances: f3
Filename: pool/universe/d/diskscan/diskscan_0.20-1_amd64.deb
Size: 44856
MD5sum: a2527c1e961a4bf47beb9730bee4d598
SHA1: b4b4c7fdaacfb6fa86120c4905b5771b6e111020
SHA256: c88ba35fca590b143d0155e345b062075d189a52f0334117087fe28f8bd53f31
Homepage: https://github.com/baruch/diskscan
Description: scan storage media for bad or near failure sectors
Description-md5: a7612c6515780c86d4fd97aa2f761ebd