How To Install netperfmeter on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netperfmeter on Kali Linux.
What is netperfmeter
netperfmeter is:
NetPerfMeter is a network performance meter for the UDP, TCP, MPTCP, SCTP and DCCP transport protocols over IPv4 and IPv6. It simultaneously transmits bidirectional flows to an endpoint and measures the resulting flow bandwidths and QoS. The results are written as vector and scalar files. The vector files can e.g. be used to create plots of the results.
This package contains the measurement program.
There are three methods to install netperfmeter 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 netperfmeter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install netperfmeter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netperfmeterInstall netperfmeter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install netperfmeter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netperfmeterInstall netperfmeter 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install netperfmeter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netperfmeterHow To Uninstall netperfmeter on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the netperfmeter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netperfmeterUninstall netperfmeter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netperfmeter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netperfmeterRemove netperfmeter Configurations and Data
To remove netperfmeter configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netperfmeterRemove netperfmeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netperfmeter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netperfmeterDependencies
netperfmeter have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netperfmeter package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.