How To Install hey on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hey on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is hey
hey is:
HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement, formerly known as rakyll/boom
Originally called boom and was influenced from Tarek Ziade’s tool at github.com/tarekziade/boom. Using the same name was a mistake as it resulted in cases where binary name conflicts created confusion.
To preserve the name for its original owner, this project was renamed to hey.
There are three methods to install hey 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 hey Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hey using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hey
Install hey Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hey using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hey
Install hey 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 hey using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hey
How To Uninstall hey on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the hey package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hey
Uninstall hey And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hey and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hey
Remove hey Configurations and Data
To remove hey configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hey
Remove hey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hey configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hey
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hey package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
