How To Install qperf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qperf on Rocky Linux 8. qperf is Measure socket and RDMA performance

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qperf on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `qperf`

Measure socket and RDMA performance.

We can use yum or dnf to install qperf on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qperf.

Install qperf on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install qperf

Install qperf on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install qperf

How To Uninstall qperf on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove qperf

qperf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/qperf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/75eb43a4b1d2c89b989a9c55176c3821f2df7f
/usr/share/licenses/qperf
/usr/share/licenses/qperf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/qperf.1.gz

References

qperf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qperf on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.