How to Install and Uninstall iperf Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the iperf on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "iperf" package

Please follow the steps below to install iperf on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "iperf" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall iperf on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iperf package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: iperf
Version: 2.1.8+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 349
Maintainer: Roberto Lumbreras
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5)
Description: Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool
Description-md5: 1b25d29ae979d65c1a67cf08177ba875
Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf2/
Tag: admin::monitoring, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
network::server, protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, role::program,
scope::utility, use::monitor, works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/iperf/iperf_2.1.8+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 136984
MD5sum: 45870a050752db26b3f7dc13cdd535ce
SHA256: 607215f15d03b9d5f860cfe6a63df9532e08fac3bad455172c5ab3fb2442b6a6