How To Install netperfmeter on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netperfmeter on Ubuntu.
What is netperfmeter
netperfmeter is:
NetPerfMeter is a network performance meter for the UDP, TCP, MPTCP, SCTP and DCCP transport protocols over IPv4 and IPv6. It simultaneously transmits bidirectional flows to an endpoint and measures the resulting flow bandwidths and QoS. The results are written as vector and scalar files. The vector files can e.g. be used to create plots of the results.
This package contains the measurement program.
There are three methods to install netperfmeter on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install netperfmeter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netperfmeter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netperfmeter
Install netperfmeter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netperfmeter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netperfmeter
Install netperfmeter 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install netperfmeter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netperfmeter
How To Uninstall netperfmeter on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the netperfmeter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netperfmeter
Uninstall netperfmeter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netperfmeter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netperfmeter
Remove netperfmeter Configurations and Data
To remove netperfmeter configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netperfmeter
Remove netperfmeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netperfmeter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netperfmeter
Dependencies
netperfmeter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netperfmeter package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.