How To Install httperf on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install httperf on Kali Linux.
What is httperf
httperf is:
httperf is a tool to measure web server performance. It speaks the HTTP protocol both in its HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 flavors and offers a variety of workload generators. While running, it keeps track of a number of performance metrics that are summarized in the form of statistics that are printed at the end of a test run.
This package provide httperf and idleconn commands.
There are three methods to install httperf 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 httperf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install httperf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install httperfInstall httperf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install httperf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install httperfInstall httperf 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install httperf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install httperfHow To Uninstall httperf on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the httperf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove httperfUninstall httperf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall httperf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove httperfRemove httperf Configurations and Data
To remove httperf configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge httperfRemove httperf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove httperf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge httperfDependencies
httperf have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install httperf package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
