How To Install nuttcp on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nuttcp on Debian 10.
What is nuttcp
nuttcp is:
nuttcp is a network performance measurement tool intended for use by network and system managers. Its most basic usage is to determine the raw TCP (or UDP) network layer throughput by transferring memory buffers from a source system across an interconnecting network to a destination system, either transferring data for a specified time interval, or alternatively transferring a specified number of bytes.
There are three methods to install nuttcp 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 nuttcp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nuttcp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nuttcp
Install nuttcp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nuttcp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nuttcp
Install nuttcp 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 nuttcp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nuttcp
How To Uninstall nuttcp on Debian 10
To uninstall only the nuttcp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nuttcp
Uninstall nuttcp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nuttcp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nuttcp
Remove nuttcp Configurations and Data
To remove nuttcp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nuttcp
Remove nuttcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nuttcp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nuttcp
Dependencies
nuttcp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nuttcp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.