How to Install idle3-tools software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install idle3-tools software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

idle3-tools software package provides change the idle3 timer of recent Western Digital Hard Disk Drives, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install idle3-tools 

idle3-tools is installed in your system.

Make ensure the idle3-tools package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep idle3-tools *

You will get with idle3-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table

idle3-tools package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Administration Utilities
Package idle3-tools
Version 0.9.1-1
Description change the idle3 timer of recent Western Digital Hard Disk Drives
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove idle3-tools software package from Debian 8 (Jessie)?