How To Install scsitools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scsitools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is scsitools
scsitools is:
This package is a collection of tools for manipulating SCSI hardware:
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.
Beware that, to be used properly, these tools require some knowledge of what they’re doing as they can cause damage to your system.
There are three methods to install scsitools on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install scsitools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scsitools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scsitools
Install scsitools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scsitools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scsitools
Install scsitools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install scsitools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scsitools
How To Uninstall scsitools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the scsitools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scsitools
Uninstall scsitools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scsitools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scsitools
Remove scsitools Configurations and Data
To remove scsitools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scsitools
Remove scsitools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scsitools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scsitools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scsitools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
