How To Install speedtest-cli on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install speedtest-cli on CentOS 8.
What is speedtest-cli
Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net
We can use yum or dnf to install speedtest-cli on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install speedtest-cli.
Install speedtest-cli on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install speedtest-cli using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install speedtest-cli
Install speedtest-cli on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install speedtest-cli using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install speedtest-cli
How To Uninstall speedtest-cli on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the speedtest-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove speedtest-cli
speedtest-cli Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/speedtest-cli
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest_cli-2.1.3-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest_cli-2.1.3-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest_cli-2.1.3-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest_cli-2.1.3-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest_cli-2.1.3-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest_cli-2.1.3-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/share/doc/speedtest-cli
/usr/share/doc/speedtest-cli/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/speedtest-cli/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/speedtest-cli
/usr/share/licenses/speedtest-cli/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/speedtest-cli.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install speedtest-cli on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.