How To Install flowgrind on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install flowgrind on Kali Linux. flowgrind is Distributed network performance measurement tool

Introduction

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

What is flowgrind

flowgrind is:

Flowgrind is a TCP performance measurement tool similar to iperf and netperf to measure throughput and other metrics for TCP. In Flowgrind’s distributed architecture, the flowgrind controller is used to schedule flows between and collect live samples from nodes running the flowgrindd daemon.

Features:

  • Measure bandwidth, delay, and IAT and sample TCP kernel metrics (tcp_info)
  • Bulk transfers, rate-limited flows, sophisticated request/response test
  • Report observed MSS/MTU size
  • Set buffer size on per flow basis
  • Set congestion control algorithm, DSCP field, etc.
  • Uses asynchronous I/O to improve fairness between flows
  • Gnuplot compatible configureable output format

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install flowgrind

Install flowgrind Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install flowgrind

Install flowgrind 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 flowgrind using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flowgrind

How To Uninstall flowgrind on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove flowgrind

Uninstall flowgrind And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flowgrind

Remove flowgrind Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge flowgrind

Remove flowgrind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flowgrind

Dependencies

flowgrind have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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