Information about the package, iperf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iperf package is designed for, Measurement tool for TCP/UDP bandwidth performance.
Package Name:
iperf
Summary:
Measurement tool for TCP/UDP bandwidth performance
Description:
Iperf is a tool to measure maximum TCP bandwidth, allowing the tuning of various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, datagram loss.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.5
Release:
11.el6
Size:
53 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the iperf package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iperf
This command will install iperf on the server.
yum remove iperf
This command will un-install iperf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iperf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iperf
This command will un-install iperf on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove iperf when using the -y flag.
yum update iperf
This command will update iperf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iperf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iperf
This command will update iperf to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove iperf when using the -y flag.
yum info iperf
This command will show you core information about the iperf package.
yum deplist iperf
This command will show you the dependencies for iperf. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update iperf
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iperf. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.