How to install latest JMeter in Ubuntu 15.10?
You can download
JMeter
from here.In
Apache JMeter 3.0 (Requires Java 7 or later)
download the " apache-jmeter-3.0.tgz" package under theBinaries
section.Go to the Downloads directory and run
tar -xf apache-jmeter-3.0.tgz
Run
cd apache-jmeter-3.0
Run
./bin/jmeter
or./bin/jmeter -?
for help.
Note: Make sure that you have JAVA installed and the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set.
Looking into jmeter package details you won't be able to get latest JMeter via apt.
Follow the next simple installation steps:
sudo apt-get update
- to refresh packages metadatasudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless
- Java 7 is pre-requisite for JMeter 3.0wget -c http://ftp.ps.pl/pub/apache//jmeter/binaries/apache-jmeter-3.0.tgz
- download JMeter 3.0tar -xf apache-jmeter-3.0.tgz
- unpack JMeterapache-jmeter-3.0/bin/./jmeter -n -t apache-jmeter-3.0/extras/Test.jmx
- run a sample test
If anything goes wrong check java -version
command output, it should print something like:
ubuntu@ip-172-31-57-21:~$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_101"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.6.6) (7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.95-b01, mixed mode)
Make sure you have 1.7 or higher.
Just in case see How to Get Started With JMeter: Part 1 - Installation & Test Plans article for more detailed installation details