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

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "netstress" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install netstress on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall netstress on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: netstress
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 40
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Giovani Augusto Ferreira
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/n/netstress/netstress_1.2.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 12998
MD5sum: a0569d04fa916b9c6898998b8d1326be
SHA1: 9c2ffaa3ed1a6b2e7f2be11ae46a98dbafaade68
SHA256: fd4659e0acc907801966e5f496e308f8a5457140bed8a411faeb88e3319ab44e
Description-en: utility designed to stress and benchmark network activity
Client/server utility designed to stress & benchmark network activity of
a given ethernet device or path using simulated (random) real world data
and packet sizes instead of fixed data and packet sizes.
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Easily command line usage with random packets sizes and random data for
read, write, or read & write (default) testing and reporting benchmark
results from the ethernet device.
Description-md5: 462ad2cee9b9a3ad8dc4971551901499
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/netstress/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu