How to Install and Uninstall memtest86+ Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "memtest86+" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install memtest86+ on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                memtest86+
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "memtest86+" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall memtest86+ on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                memtest86+
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the memtest86+ package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: memtest86+
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 2488
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Yann Dirson
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.01-3ubuntu2
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: hwtools, memtester, kernel-patch-badram, memtest86, grub-pc | grub-legacy, mtools
Filename: pool/main/m/memtest86+/memtest86+_5.01-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 70016
MD5sum: e3b8648524bdd172e46e17afd368ac8c
SHA1: 024a7eb8ee777b3b2f19ce77cbe5c9c299c83d96
SHA256: b5829d0af8c92a4863c27bf51a9613272e64db49d8d596450663c64330840132
Description-en: thorough real-mode memory tester
Memtest86+ scans your RAM for errors.
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This tester runs independently of any OS - it is run at computer
boot-up, so that it can test *all* of your memory. You may want to
look at `memtester', which allows to test your memory within Linux,
but this one won't be able to test your whole RAM.
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It can output a list of bad RAM regions usable by the BadRAM kernel
patch, so that you can still use your old RAM with one or two bad bits.
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Memtest86+ is based on memtest86 3.0, and adds support for recent
hardware, as well as a number of general-purpose improvements,
including many patches to memtest86 available from various sources.
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Both memtest86 and memtest86+ are being worked on in parallel.
Description-md5: aa685f84801773ef97fdaba8eb26436a
Homepage: http://www.memtest.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop