This snap package includes stress-ng (licensed under GPL-2) along with multiple dependencies under various licenses.
License files for all bundled projects can be found inside the snap package at ./usr/share.
The snap is intended for use on Ubuntu Core (https://ubuntu.com/core) only.
It can be used for stress testing and benchmarking a system running Ubuntu Core.
For Ubuntu Server/Desktop, install the stress-ng Debian package.
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Enable snapd
On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:
sudo snap install snapd
Install stress-ng-dev
To install stress-ng-dev, simply use the following command: