How to disable mediascanner-service?

To disable for all sessions:

sudo sh -c "echo manual >> /usr/share/upstart/sessions/mediascanner-2.0.conf"

To disable for your user only:

echo manual >> ~/.config/upstart/mediascanner-2.0.override

If you are sure you will not miss the "service" of mediascanner :o), just remove/purge it from installed packages:

sudo apt-get purge mediascanner2.0

And you can also purge the libmediascanner:

sudo apt-get purge mediascanner2.0 libmediascanner-2.0-0

libmediascanner comes together with mediascanner2 in Ubuntu update. It is the Access library for the mediascanner's index

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