How To Install flashbench on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flashbench on Debian 9.
What is flashbench
flashbench is:
This utility helps to identify properties of SD cards and flash based storage. In particular it can be used to discover page and segement sizes and maximum number of concurrently open segments. These properties can then be used to better align paritions and tune filesystem options for maximum performance.
There are three methods to install flashbench 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 flashbench Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flashbench using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flashbench
Install flashbench Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flashbench using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flashbench
Install flashbench 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 flashbench using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flashbench
How To Uninstall flashbench on Debian 9
To uninstall only the flashbench package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flashbench
Uninstall flashbench And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flashbench and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flashbench
Remove flashbench Configurations and Data
To remove flashbench configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flashbench
Remove flashbench configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flashbench configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flashbench
Dependencies
flashbench have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flashbench package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.