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

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "scsitools" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall scsitools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: scsitools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 344
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eric Delaunay
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.12-2.2ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), util-linux (>= 2.11b-3), sg3-utils (>= 1.24)
Conflicts: hwtools (<< 0.6)
Filename: pool/universe/s/scsitools/scsitools_0.12-2.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 104752
MD5sum: 94aaa6794508017b57a4239d5a6b8c22
SHA1: b536545e1451c8eecc6de95aa89b4a74a6c00569
SHA256: 99d127098701d62a739f05f3fec68d3e1c3fe113856805cc25b6ddf34a8d60ff
Description-en: Collection of tools for SCSI hardware management
This package is a collection of tools for manipulating SCSI hardware:
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scsiinfo: displays SCSI drive low-level information and modifies SCSI
drive settings,
scsidev: makes permanent SCSI LUN -> devicename connections,
scsifmt: low-level SCSI formatter,
sraw: benchmarks raw SCSI I/O rates bypassing the buffer cache,
scsi-spin: program to manually spin up and down a SCSI device.
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Beware that, to be used properly, these tools require some knowledge of
what they're doing as they can cause damage to your system.
Description-md5: 3bf631c73002584fdbfba5c8bd01aeba
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu