How To Install lmbench on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lmbench on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is lmbench
lmbench is:
Lmbench is a set of utilities to test the performance of a unix system producing detailed results as well as providing tools to process them. It includes a series of micro benchmarks that measure some basic operating system and hardware metrics:
- file reading and summing
- memory bandwidth while reading, writing and copying
- copying data through pipes
- copying data through Unix sockets
- reading data through TCP/IP sockets
There are three methods to install lmbench on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lmbench Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lmbench using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lmbench
Install lmbench Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lmbench using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lmbench
Install lmbench 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 lmbench using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lmbench
How To Uninstall lmbench on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the lmbench package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lmbench
Uninstall lmbench And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lmbench and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lmbench
Remove lmbench Configurations and Data
To remove lmbench configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lmbench
Remove lmbench configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lmbench configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lmbench
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lmbench package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
