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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "spew" package

This tutorial shows how to install spew on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: spew
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 133
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matt Taggart
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.8-1build2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncurses5 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/s/spew/spew_1.0.8-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 46146
MD5sum: b785f82d326dab337fe653ee3466f8ef
SHA1: 1d691b15b9e659fe5a8fdea4e5554b58ebb683f9
SHA256: 069321c6eb781967d8deb8a573adf9f86d1e9cceddd645d1db2273c414533d36
Description-en: 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: 823e12e217c9f0e9dd4e24634b93b07e
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu