How To Install netperf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install netperf in Fedora 36. netperf is Benchmark to measure the performance of many different types of networking

Introduction

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

What is netperf

Netperf is a benchmark that can be used to measure the performance of many different types of networking. It provides tests for both unidirectional throughput, and end-to-end latency.

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

Install netperf 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 netperf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install netperf

Install netperf 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 netperf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install netperf

How To Uninstall netperf on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove netperf

netperf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/netperf
/usr/bin/netserver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/0056ba7b8d63edf5fce7c29477a7648df71d92
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/9f00e19c4ed803c31d6781214f24e805fa9cb6
/usr/lib/systemd/system/netserver.service
/usr/share/doc/netperf
/usr/share/doc/netperf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/netperf/README
/usr/share/doc/netperf/Release_Notes
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/arr_script
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/bloat.py
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/bloat.sh
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/find_max_burst.sh
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/mins_maxes.awk
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/netperf_by_flavor.py
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/netperf_by_quantum.py
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/netperf_interim_to_rrd.sh
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/packet_byte_script
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/parse_single_stream.py
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/post_proc.py
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/post_proc.sh
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/remote_hosts
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/runemomni.sh
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/runemomniagg2.sh
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/runemomniaggdemo.sh
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/runremomniaggdemo.sh
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/runremrandomniaggdemo.py
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/runremrandomniaggdemo.sh
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/sctp_stream_script
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/set_affinity.sh
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/snapshot_script
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/tcp_range_script
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/tcp_rr_script
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/tcp_stream_script
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/udp_rr_script
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/udp_stream_script
/usr/share/doc/netperf/examples/vrules.awk
/usr/share/doc/netperf/netperf.html
/usr/share/doc/netperf/netperf.pdf
/usr/share/info/netperf.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/netperf
/usr/share/licenses/netperf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/netperf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/netserver.1.gz

References

Summary

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