How To Install hdparm on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdparm on Kali Linux. hdparm is tune hard disk parameters for high performance

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdparm on Kali Linux.

What is hdparm

hdparm is:

Get/set device parameters for Linux SATA/IDE drives. Provides a command line interface to various kernel interfaces supported by the Linux SATA/PATA/SAS “libata” subsystem and the older IDE driver subsystem. Many newer (2008 and later) USB drive enclosures now also support “SAT” (SCSI-ATA Command Translation) and therefore may also work with hdparm.

There are three methods to install hdparm on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hdparm Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hdparm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hdparm

Install hdparm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hdparm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hdparm

Install hdparm Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install hdparm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hdparm

How To Uninstall hdparm on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hdparm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hdparm

Uninstall hdparm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hdparm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hdparm

Remove hdparm Configurations and Data

To remove hdparm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hdparm

Remove hdparm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hdparm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hdparm

Dependencies

hdparm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdparm package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.