How To Install libiperf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiperf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libiperf-dev
libiperf-dev 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 is the development package which contains headers files and the static iperf library.
There are three methods to install libiperf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libiperf-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libiperf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libiperf-dev
Install libiperf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libiperf-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libiperf-dev
Install libiperf-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libiperf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libiperf-dev
How To Uninstall libiperf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libiperf-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libiperf-dev
Uninstall libiperf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libiperf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiperf-dev
Remove libiperf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libiperf-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libiperf-dev
Remove libiperf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libiperf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiperf-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiperf-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
