How to Install and Uninstall spew Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: July 04,2024

1. Install "spew" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install spew on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                spew
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "spew" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall spew on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the spew package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package spew:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : spew
Version : 1.0.8-5.16
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 144.5 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : spew-1.0.8-5.16.src
Upstream URL : http://freecode.com/projects/spew
Summary : An I/O performance measurement and load generation tool
Description :
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.
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.