How To Install memtest86 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install memtest86
on Debian 11.
What is memtest86
memtest86 is:
Memtest86 scans your RAM for errors.
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 testing your memory within Linux, but this one won’t be able to test your whole RAM.
It can output a list of bad RAM regions usable by the BadRAM kernel patch, so that you can still use you old RAM with one or two bad bits.
This is the last DFSG-compliant version of this software, upstream has opted for a proprietary development model starting with 5.0. You may want to consider using memtest86+, which has been forked from an earlier version of memtest86, and provides a different set of features. It is available in the memtest86+ package.
A convenience script is also provided to make a grub-legacy-based floppy or image.
There are three methods to install memtest86
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install memtest86 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install memtest86
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install memtest86
Install memtest86 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install memtest86
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install memtest86
Install memtest86 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 memtest86
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install memtest86
How To Uninstall memtest86 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the memtest86
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove memtest86
Uninstall memtest86 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall memtest86
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove memtest86
Remove memtest86 Configurations and Data
To remove memtest86
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge memtest86
Remove memtest86 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove memtest86
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge memtest86
Dependencies
memtest86 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install memtest86
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.