How to Install and Uninstall idle3-tools Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "idle3-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install idle3-tools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                idle3-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "idle3-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall idle3-tools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                idle3-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the idle3-tools package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: idle3-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.1-6
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 41
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/i/idle3-tools/idle3-tools_0.9.1-6_amd64.deb
Size: 12896
MD5sum: 5760d849ce27d80145d672c3b0e26c57
SHA1: fcafd0fcfdea5fac035361dacbdc76302ffdaa66
SHA256: 20d653fa236d922e160aa7aab77243b9df78d264015edf12bc5d3295c19fb1a4
SHA512: 8f14b95f86cbbdb92fd9cdaeba5277cf6078ebb1a615bb2b4871e446694216d1e52e4384ddcf42826f4eba8998e4875890ec9dc4ee307d223104cfcaf1640be0
Homepage: http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: change the idle3 timer of recent Western Digital Hard Disk Drives
Idle3-tools provides a linux/unix utility that can disable, get and
set the value of the infamous idle3 timer found on recent Western
Digital Hard Disk Drives.
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It can be used as an alternative to the official wdidle3.exe
proprietary utility, without the need to reboot in a DOS environment.
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A power off/on cycle of the drive will still be mandatory for new
settings to be taken into account.
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Modern Western Digital "Green" Drives include the Intellipark feature
that stops the disk when not in use.
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Unfortunately, the default timer setting is not perfect on linux/unix
systems, including many NAS, and leads to a dramatic increase of the
Load Cycle Count value (SMART attribute #193). With the default timer
setting, the drive will spin down *every eight seconds* if idle and
this may get the spindle motor to burn out in a few months or so.
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If you have a Western Digital EADS or EARS drive, please check you
SMART information before it's too late by running the following
command:
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sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda | grep "^193"
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If the Load cycle count (which is in the last column) exceeds 1000,
you're probably affected by the idle3 timer problem.
Description-md5: a4f996c5b53547bf8c6550facb52d022