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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "siege" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install siege on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall siege on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: siege
Priority: optional
Section: web
Installed-Size: 258
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Josue Abarca
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.8-1
Replaces: siege-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0)
Conflicts: siege-ssl
Filename: pool/main/s/siege/siege_3.0.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 83598
MD5sum: a4a64f0285d0044a286bba3798635d04
SHA1: bc9db60aecd3573dd80d12b3b3ead9b0808d7a7b
SHA256: 402eff1b6cb810ae0fece01ae7a8958310f1b796046d99c9f646c9939a1d330b
Description-en: HTTP regression testing and benchmarking utility
Siege is an 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, the GET and POST
directives, cookies, transaction logging, and basic authentication. Its
features are configurable on a per user basis.
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Note: this package contains siege with HTTPS support turned on, thus it
obsoletes siege-ssl package now.
Description-md5: 1effcb97a2aa1b9b4c5c8a40d7e3d65a
Homepage: http://www.joedog.org/JoeDog/Siege
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y