How To Install crashme on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install crashme
on Debian 9.
What is crashme
crashme is:
crashme generates strings of random bytes and then attempts to execute them. It is used to test stability of the kernel.
WARNING While the Linux kernel has been known to survive days and weeks of crashme, IT IS NOT GUARANTEED THAT YOUR SYSTEM WILL SURVIVE! DO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO CRASH YOUR COMPUTER.
There are three methods to install crashme
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install crashme Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install crashme
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install crashme
Install crashme Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install crashme
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install crashme
Install crashme Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install crashme
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install crashme
How To Uninstall crashme on Debian 9
To uninstall only the crashme
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove crashme
Uninstall crashme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall crashme
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove crashme
Remove crashme Configurations and Data
To remove crashme
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge crashme
Remove crashme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove crashme
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crashme
Dependencies
crashme have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install crashme
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.