How to Install and Uninstall iperf3 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "iperf3" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install iperf3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iperf3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "iperf3" package

Learn how to uninstall iperf3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iperf3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iperf3 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: iperf3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 64
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Raoul Gunnar Borenius
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.11-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libiperf0
Filename: pool/universe/i/iperf3/iperf3_3.0.11-1_amd64.deb
Size: 8090
MD5sum: 32d38f4d5de12737003d74d25f5d3012
SHA1: 46e40cc0c6b581187fbb36b849cd65256cfbf302
SHA256: eb7500a573d03993fbe8218ae35b617047f9edecebad5231a04449a5146d6d20
Description-en: Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool
Iperf3 is a tool for performing network throughput measurements. It can
test either TCP or UDP throughput.
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This is a new implementation that shares no code with the original
iperf from NLANR/DAST and also is not backwards compatible.
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This package contains the command line utility.
Description-md5: 868f6472f9c9d19fbddc8629a2bc01a5
Homepage: http://software.es.net/iperf/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu