How To Install dbench on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbench in Fedora 36. dbench is Filesystem load benchmarking tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbench on Fedora 36.

What is dbench

Dbench is a file system benchmark that generates load patterns similar to those of the commercial Netbench benchmark, but without requiring a lab of Windows load generators to run. It is now considered a de facto standard for generating load on the Linux VFS.

We can use yum or dnf to install dbench on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dbench.

Install dbench on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install dbench

Install dbench on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install dbench

How To Uninstall dbench on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dbench

dbench Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dbench
/usr/bin/tbench
/usr/bin/tbench_srv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/b1c11f1217a4b61d7865d595ec272d80deda56
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/ed7627f39c9d3453bd806dedf24531caa49d8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/bf5e62b3d008b794a82ddf2c73a6be3b547833
/usr/share/dbench
/usr/share/dbench/client.txt
/usr/share/doc/dbench
/usr/share/doc/dbench/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dbench/README
/usr/share/man/man1/dbench.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tbench.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tbench_srv.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbench on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).