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

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "stress" package

Please follow the guidance below to install stress on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall stress 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 stress package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: stress
Version: 1.0.7-1
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: tool to impose load on and stress test a computer system
Description-md5: 748045f588ae8994a34afe01a60f071d
Homepage: https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/stress
Tag: admin::benchmarking, devel::debugger, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::checking
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/stress/stress_1.0.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 21944
MD5sum: 25edfd95477e0995a7b589d51c2f5d6d
SHA256: a1ca561e847251f9c8aea6e6eb0ad306f20dc7ba93aee6708949afa444022144