How To Install sysbench on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysbench on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sysbench
sysbench is:
SysBench is a modular, cross-platform and multi-threaded benchmark tool for evaluating OS parameters that are important for a system running a database under intensive load.
The idea of this benchmark suite is to quickly get an impression about system performance without setting up complex database benchmarks or even without installing a database at all.
Current features allow one to test the following system parameters:
- file I/O performance
- scheduler performance
- memory allocation and transfer speed
- POSIX threads implementation performance
- database server performance (OLTP benchmark)
Primarily written for MySQL server benchmarking, SysBench will be further extended to support multiple database backends, distributed benchmarks and third-party plug-in modules.
There are three methods to install sysbench 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 sysbench Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sysbench using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sysbench
Install sysbench Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sysbench using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sysbench
Install sysbench 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 sysbench using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sysbench
How To Uninstall sysbench on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sysbench package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sysbench
Uninstall sysbench And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sysbench and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sysbench
Remove sysbench Configurations and Data
To remove sysbench configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sysbench
Remove sysbench configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sysbench configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sysbench
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysbench package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
