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

Last updated: February 16,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sockperf" package

This is a short guide on how to install sockperf on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: sockperf
Version: 3.7-1
Installed-Size: 4513
Maintainer: Debian HPC Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Description: Network benchmarking utility for testing latency and throughput
Description-md5: 01a13efa52ef75e23cb8932bf8498b26
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/Mellanox/sockperf
Tag: admin::benchmarking, implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline,
role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sockperf/sockperf_3.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 655412
MD5sum: 0c3487a9a026c06a76818ba41529188f
SHA256: 2a72021d3c605265405fe5ac8dc40dcb1adc98c92b0f62c22780a9480ea3d2f2