How To Install hyperfine on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperfine on Ubuntu 22.04. hyperfine is Command-line benchmarking tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperfine on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is hyperfine

hyperfine is:

Developed in Rust, hyperfine provides the following features:

  • Statistical analysis across multiple runs.
  • Support for arbitrary shell commands.
  • Constant feedback about the benchmark progress and current estimates.
  • Warmup runs can be executed before the actual benchmark.
  • Cache-clearing commands can be set up before each timing run.
  • Statistical outlier detection to detect interference from other programs and caching effects.
  • Export results to various formats: CSV, JSON, Markdown, AsciiDoc.
  • Parameterized benchmarks (e.g. vary the number of threads).

There are three methods to install hyperfine on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hyperfine Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hyperfine using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hyperfine

Install hyperfine Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hyperfine using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hyperfine

Install hyperfine 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 hyperfine using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hyperfine

How To Uninstall hyperfine on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the hyperfine package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hyperfine

Uninstall hyperfine And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hyperfine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hyperfine

Remove hyperfine Configurations and Data

To remove hyperfine configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hyperfine

Remove hyperfine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hyperfine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hyperfine

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperfine package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.