How To Install netstress on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netstress on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is netstress
netstress is:
Client/server utility designed to stress & benchmark network activity of a given ethernet device or path using simulated (random) real world data and packet sizes instead of fixed data and packet sizes.
Easily command line usage with random packets sizes and random data for read, write, or read & write (default) testing and reporting benchmark results from the ethernet device.
There are three methods to install netstress 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 netstress Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netstress using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netstress
Install netstress Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netstress using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netstress
Install netstress 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 netstress using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netstress
How To Uninstall netstress on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the netstress package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netstress
Uninstall netstress And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netstress and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netstress
Remove netstress Configurations and Data
To remove netstress configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netstress
Remove netstress configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netstress configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netstress
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netstress package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
