How To Install qperf on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install qperf on Kali Linux. qperf is Measure socket and RDMA performance

Introduction

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

What is qperf

qperf is:

qperf measures bandwidth and latency between two nodes. It can work over TCP/IP as well as the RDMA transports.

qperf is historically part of the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED), but is now maintained by the linux-rdma project.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qperf

Install qperf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qperf

Install qperf 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 qperf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qperf

How To Uninstall qperf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove qperf

Uninstall qperf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qperf

Remove qperf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qperf

Remove qperf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qperf

Dependencies

qperf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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