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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "scrub" package

This guide let you learn how to install scrub on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall scrub on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                scrub
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the scrub package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: scrub
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 136
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chris Taylor
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/s/scrub/scrub_2.6.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 29218
MD5sum: 24ee61a5662231fcd9adc3656d32576a
SHA1: aa297395621705d1db9b88a5fcc0d75877c24ddf
SHA256: fbfa7f2e80bba2a3804e4978882eb72943ced902c71a307b822b1b4d07bbc36b
Description-en: writes patterns on magnetic media to thwart data recovery
scrub iteratively writes patterns on files or disk devices to make retrieving
the data more difficult.
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scrub can write patterns direct to disk, destroying any file system (preferred
method), or it can write patterns on files, or on file system free space.
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scrub writes NNSA NAP-14.x, DoD 5220.22-M, BSI, 35-pass gutmann, or one of
several other selectable pattern sequences.
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scrub operates at the POSIX system call level, thus it is portable to a wide
variety of hardware platforms. However, this means it cannot do certain things
like manipulate spare blocks on disks, etc..
Description-md5: 57144c79cf36f369f1c28f77a63bdc2c
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/diskscrub/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu