How to Install and Uninstall spew Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "spew" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install spew on Kali Linux


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall spew on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: spew
Version: 1.0.8-1.1
Installed-Size: 148
Maintainer: Matt Taggart
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libncurses6 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Size: 48356
SHA256: 77ab3306f87ecf2ab38ba9d4972b582cc3a4d376a4d8ba391bf646053616470a
SHA1: 833493edf039bc6cba10f1af681d5681eb2f03e9
MD5sum: 05b9de9f3688560caffd82cc4de42372
Description: I/O performance measurement and load generation tool
Spew is used to measure I/O performance of character devices, block
devices, and regular files. It can also be used to generate high I/O loads
to stress systems while verifying data integrity.
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Spew is easy to use and is flexible. No configuration files or
complicated client/server configurations are needed. Spew also generates
its own data patterns that are designed to make it easy to find and debug
data integrity problems.
Description-md5:
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_1.0.8-1.1_amd64.deb