How to Install and Uninstall dbench Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the dbench on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dbench" package

This is a short guide on how to install dbench on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall dbench on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dbench package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dbench
Version: 4.0-2.1
Installed-Size: 25730
Maintainer: Mattias Nordstrom
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpopt0 (>= 1.14)
Description: The dbench (disk) and tbench (TCP) benchmarks
Description-md5: 9cff6e5b49528806756769fba7a10ef9
Homepage: http://samba.org/ftp/tridge/dbench/
Tag: admin::benchmarking, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::monitor
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dbench/dbench_4.0-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 739788
MD5sum: 8cae0942e79b21ba0a3c4e10b8058f28
SHA256: 3b42a52a8609c06a66c0f86cdd9184627eb654ab27949689b10653bbf8938738