How to Install and Uninstall w-scan Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "w-scan" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install w-scan on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                w-scan
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "w-scan" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall w-scan on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                w-scan
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the w-scan package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: w-scan
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20170107-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian VDR Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 432
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Filename: pool/universe/w/w-scan/w-scan_20170107-2_amd64.deb
Size: 120616
MD5sum: 4c5c1381bb0ead42e9dd7108233052fc
SHA1: be834433f34950f2e0cec6b899f1fc03ccaf8122
SHA256: 01080a223bbaccd4886327abe3bdb8b4350133007a0b9cd12e606d7b347daa44
SHA512: b70a6ed46985171709ea9e4a00b787f0a7d3605a2d9850bbfeb6cf87bd77a118f56945126ccb5614b3150eb69ba2d92a7bcac48ede7140ba549128224145fab9
Homepage: http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/index2.html
Description-en: Channel scanning tool for DVB and ATSC channels
w_scan scans for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, DVB-C and ATSC channels and creates a
channels.conf, that can be used directly by the Linux Video Disc Recorder VDR.
It is also possible to output channels in a format readable by the
czap/tzap tools provided by linuxtv-dvb-zap, xine, totem, kaffeine or me-tv.
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Unlike the scan utility in linuxtv-dvb-apps, there is no need to specify
an initial transponder and w_scan automatically detects the DVB or ATSC
card to be used.
Description-md5: 73c6a77b6ba405abcb60f0a991ab8098