How To Install netsend on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsend on Debian 10.
What is netsend
netsend is:
Netsend transmits and receives files. It is highly configurable and offers the transport protocols TCP, DCCP, UDP, UDPLITE and SCTP using either IPv4 or IPv6 on the network layer. The cluster protocol TIPC is also supported.
The user is able to tweak various options of the Linux network stack to gain maximum performance. While this is not needed for trivial filetransfer, it is valuable for network protocol performance testing.
There are three methods to install netsend on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install netsend Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netsend using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netsend
Install netsend Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netsend using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netsend
Install netsend 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install netsend using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netsend
How To Uninstall netsend on Debian 10
To uninstall only the netsend package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netsend
Uninstall netsend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netsend and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netsend
Remove netsend Configurations and Data
To remove netsend configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netsend
Remove netsend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netsend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netsend
Dependencies
netsend have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netsend package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.