How To Install ioping on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ioping on Debian 10.
What is ioping
ioping is:
ioping monitors disk I/O latency in real time. The main idea behind ioping is to have a utility similar to ping, which will show disk I/O latency in the same way ping shows network latency.
There are three methods to install ioping on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ioping Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ioping using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ioping
Install ioping Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ioping using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ioping
Install ioping 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ioping using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ioping
How To Uninstall ioping on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ioping package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ioping
Uninstall ioping And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ioping and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ioping
Remove ioping Configurations and Data
To remove ioping configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ioping
Remove ioping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ioping configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ioping
Dependencies
ioping have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ioping package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.