How To Install lmbench on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmbench on Kali Linux. lmbench is Utilities to benchmark UNIX systems

Introduction

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

What is lmbench

lmbench is:

Lmbench is a set of utilities to test the performance of a unix system producing detailed results as well as providing tools to process them. It includes a series of micro benchmarks that measure some basic operating system and hardware metrics:

  • file reading and summing
  • memory bandwidth while reading, writing and copying
  • copying data through pipes
  • copying data through Unix sockets
  • reading data through TCP/IP sockets

There are three methods to install lmbench 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 lmbench Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lmbench

Install lmbench Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lmbench

Install lmbench 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 lmbench using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lmbench

How To Uninstall lmbench on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lmbench

Uninstall lmbench And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lmbench

Remove lmbench Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lmbench

Remove lmbench configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lmbench

Dependencies

lmbench have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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