How to Install and Uninstall memtest86 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "memtest86" package

Learn how to install memtest86 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                memtest86
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "memtest86" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall memtest86 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                memtest86
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the memtest86 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: memtest86
Version: 4.3.7-3
Installed-Size: 302
Maintainer: Yann Dirson
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: memtest86+
Suggests: hwtools, memtester, kernel-patch-badram, grub2 (>= 1.96+20090523-1) | grub (>= 0.95+cvs20040624), mtools
Description: thorough real-mode memory tester
Description-md5: 0ad381a54d59a7d7f012972f613d7759
Homepage: http://www.memtest86.com/
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/memtest86/memtest86_4.3.7-3_amd64.deb
Size: 45470
MD5sum: 8dd2a4c52910498d711fbf6b5753bca9
SHA256: 09178eca21f8fd562806ccaa759d0261a2d3bb23190aaebc8cd99071d431aeb6