How To Install uperf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install uperf on Rocky Linux 8. uperf is Network performance tool with modelling and replay support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uperf on Rocky Linux 8.

What is uperf

Network performance tool that supports modelling and replay of various networking patterns.

We can use yum or dnf to install uperf on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install uperf.

Install uperf on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install uperf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install uperf

Install uperf on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install uperf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install uperf

How To Uninstall uperf on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove uperf

uperf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/uperf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/3f4bc9fcb3f9738cdca4b1aa6a7a34ef7de6d2
/usr/share/doc/uperf
/usr/share/doc/uperf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/uperf/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/uperf/README
/usr/share/licenses/uperf
/usr/share/licenses/uperf/COPYING
/usr/share/uperf
/usr/share/uperf/client.pem
/usr/share/uperf/connect.xml
/usr/share/uperf/iperf.xml
/usr/share/uperf/ldap.xml
/usr/share/uperf/netperf.xml
/usr/share/uperf/oltpnet.xml
/usr/share/uperf/oraclerac.xml
/usr/share/uperf/sctp.xml
/usr/share/uperf/server.pem
/usr/share/uperf/specweb.xml
/usr/share/uperf/ssl.xml
/usr/share/uperf/telnet.xml
/usr/share/uperf/two-hosts.xml

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install uperf on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.