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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "spew" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install spew on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall spew on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: spew
Source: spew (1.0.8-1)
Version: 1.0.8-1+b3
Installed-Size: 138
Maintainer: Matt Taggart
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncurses6 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: I/O performance measurement and load generation tool
Description-md5: 823e12e217c9f0e9dd4e24634b93b07e
Tag: admin::benchmarking, devel::testing-qa, hardware::storage,
implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/spew/spew_1.0.8-1+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 47372
MD5sum: 9f5d86452c9b10e54c8688adba8284af
SHA256: a68f362c1254991b1363363ddbcf6a506e8944f56f03ab3a1f05480807bc5988