How to Install and Uninstall diskscan Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "diskscan" package

This is a short guide on how to install diskscan on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall diskscan on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: diskscan
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 112
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.19-1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libtinfo5 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Filename: pool/universe/d/diskscan/diskscan_0.19-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 44394
MD5sum: ce049222dd4565e0c4ee415459452789
SHA1: 29ccc6f183767ca2c1ed2e6b00ff756d4e742068
SHA256: ef77155ddd2a9db64f5ee6e30f6e4fbeb7a580ab330e6ca9ddf482d1febaacee
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
Enhances: f3
Homepage: https://github.com/baruch/diskscan
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu