How to Install and Uninstall diskscan Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "diskscan" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install diskscan on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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 covers the steps necessary to uninstall diskscan on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: diskscan
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.20-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kyle Robbertze
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 117
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Enhances: f3
Filename: pool/universe/d/diskscan/diskscan_0.20-2_amd64.deb
Size: 45224
MD5sum: 8c2c8a5e50c3974389723dd1881e99bf
SHA1: 75648a8fbb0cdcf2b05bebd353da66f121eb873c
SHA256: 9eff775e230b1620a76e64e05f11e2639d7c45fb35bf4b38ceec514d6ccae1c9
SHA512: fa48986921d399071516bbbc0a2ce376529e85a12474eb6267927f2765ae08f0ae05de155d66e120201aad8e6f9cafe33e79443b3ce4c798d6035ba289522291
Homepage: https://github.com/baruch/diskscan
Description-en: scan storage media for bad or near failure sectors
diskscan is intended to find sectors of a storage medium
(hard disk, flash drive or pendrive, etc.) which are bad
or in the process of going bad.
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The operation is entirely read-only and does not cause
damage to the data on filesystems. As the program reads
block device sectors, it will work whether there is a
filesystem or not.
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diskscan reads the entire block device and notes the time
it took to read a block. When there is an error it is
immediately noted and also when there is a higher latency
to read a block. A histogram of the block latency times is
also given to assess the health of the medium.
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diskscan can also be used to test the speed and quality of
the medium. All sectors of a perfect medium could be read
at the same speed.
Description-md5: a7612c6515780c86d4fd97aa2f761ebd