How to Install and Uninstall siege Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "siege" package

This is a short guide on how to install siege on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                siege
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "siege" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall siege on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                siege
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the siege package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package siege:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : siege
Version : 4.1.6-1.8
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 283.8 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : siege-4.1.6-1.8.src
Upstream URL : https://www.joedog.org/siege-home/
Summary : HTTP Regression Testing/Benchmarking Utility
Description :
Siege is a regression test and benchmark utility. It can stress test a
single URL with a user defined number of simulated users, or it can read
many URLs into memory and stress them simultaneously. The program reports
the total number of hits recorded, bytes transferred, response time,
concurrency, and return status. Siege supports HTTP/1.0 and 1.1 protocols,
GET and POST directives, cookies, transaction logging, and basic
authentication. Its features are configurable on a per user basis. Since
3.0.0 it also supports FTP.