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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "hdparm" package

Please follow the instructions below to install hdparm on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall hdparm on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hdparm
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hdparm package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: hdparm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9.54+ds-1
Priority: standard
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexandre Mestiashvili
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 235
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), lsb-base
Recommends: powermgmt-base
Suggests: apmd
Filename: pool/main/h/hdparm/hdparm_9.54+ds-1_amd64.deb
Size: 95988
MD5sum: 7d4a654c85cee8e1fdce6b8875033cf9
SHA1: 98f403d4723ea392debc796c2098e36d95a6e901
SHA256: d0ed0ecbc12689a096e559bbae45ad2e6c292586bd3666bc14f4617b7a1578e3
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/
Description: tune hard disk parameters for high performance
Description-md5: 10cd5d89570f5496e89b163ae03a66e5
Task: standard
Supported: 5y