How To Install iperf3 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iperf3 on CentOS 7.
What is iperf3
Iperf is a tool to measure maximum TCP bandwidth, allowing the tuning of various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, data-gram loss. Iperf is a tool to measure maximum TCP bandwidth, allowing the tuning of various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, data-gram loss.
We can use yum or dnf to install iperf3 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iperf3.
Install iperf3 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install iperf3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install iperf3
Install iperf3 on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install iperf3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install iperf3
How To Uninstall iperf3 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the iperf3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove iperf3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iperf3 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
