How To Install iperf3 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install iperf3 on Kali Linux. iperf3 is Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iperf3 on Kali Linux.

What is iperf3

iperf3 is:

Iperf3 is a tool for performing network throughput measurements. It can test either TCP or UDP throughput.

This is a new implementation that shares no code with the original iperf from NLANR/DAST and also is not backwards compatible.

This package contains the command line utility.

There are three methods to install iperf3 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install iperf3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install iperf3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install iperf3

Install iperf3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install iperf3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install iperf3

Install iperf3 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install iperf3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iperf3

How To Uninstall iperf3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the iperf3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove iperf3

Uninstall iperf3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall iperf3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iperf3

Remove iperf3 Configurations and Data

To remove iperf3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iperf3

Remove iperf3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove iperf3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iperf3

Dependencies

iperf3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iperf3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.