How To Install spew on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install spew in Fedora 36. spew is I/O performance measurement and load generation tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spew on Fedora 36.

What is `spew`

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install spew on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install spew.

Install spew on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install spew using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install spew

Install spew on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install spew using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install spew

How To Uninstall spew on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the spew package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove spew

spew Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/spew.conf
/usr/bin/gorge
/usr/bin/regorge
/usr/bin/spew
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/c3cc084071f0f100959d7c7ee7b5713883a4fe
/usr/share/doc/spew
/usr/share/doc/spew/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/spew/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/spew/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/spew/README
/usr/share/doc/spew/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/spew
/usr/share/licenses/spew/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/gorge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/regorge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/spew.1.gz

References

spew website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install spew on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).