Bencher is a lightweight HTTP benchmarking tool that is used to test web server performance. It is very easy to install and use. This tutorial will show you how to install Bencher on Arch Linux.
Before you can install Bencher, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Bencher requires two dependencies to be installed before it can be installed itself. Open a terminal and enter the following command to install the dependencies:
sudo pacman -S python python-pip
Once the dependencies have been installed, you can use pip (a package installer for Python) to install Bencher. Enter the following command in the terminal:
sudo pip install bencher
This command will install Bencher and all its required dependencies.
Once you have installed Bencher, you can test it by running the following command in the terminal:
bencher http://example.com/
This command will benchmark the example.com website using 100 connections for 10 seconds.
That's it, you have successfully installed Bencher on Arch Linux. Bencher is a great tool for testing web server performance, and with just a few commands, you can test your server's response time, throughput, and other metrics.
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