How To Install Apache Jmeter On Linux mint 18.03

To Install Apache Jmeter on Linux mint 18.03

The Apache JMeter application is open source software which is used for performing load test and to measure the performance of the system. Although it was initially designed for testing Web Applications, it is now capable of performing other test functions too. The method to install Apache JMeter on Linux mint-18.03 is covered here.

Prerequisites

Install Java.

Java installation with required following modules

add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
apt update
apt install oracle-java8-installer

Installation

Apache JMeter requires java to be pre-installed on the machine so, before you install apache jmeter make sure you have java installed on your machine and you can verify that by using the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # java -version
java version "1.8.0\_181"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_181-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.181-b13, mixed mode)

After installing java download the latest stable version of Apache JMeter from its official site through wget command from the terminal.

linuxhelp ~ # wget http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/apache/jmeter/binaries/apache-jmeter-4.0.tgz
\--2018-09-05 02:21:20--  http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/apache/jmeter/binaries/apache-jmeter-4.0.tgz
Resolving www.gtlib.gatech.edu (www.gtlib.gatech.edu)... 128.61.111.9, 128.61.111.10, 128.61.111.8, ...
Connecting to www.gtlib.gatech.edu (www.gtlib.gatech.edu)|128.61.111.9|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 48520962 (46M) \[application/x-gzip\]
Saving to: ‘apache-jmeter-4.0.tgz’

apache-jmeter-4.0.tgz     100%\[====================================>\]  46.27M   957KB/s    in 61s     

2018-09-05 02:22:22 (771 KB/s) - ‘apache-jmeter-4.0.tgz’ saved \[48520962/48520962\]

Now, extract the downloaded JMeter file.

linuxhelp ~ # tar -zxvf apache-jmeter-4.0.tgz 
apache-jmeter-4.0/bin/report-template/sbadmin2-1.0.7/
apache-jmeter-4.0/bin/report-template/sbadmin2-1.0.7/bower\_components/
apache-jmeter-4.0/bin/report-template/sbadmin2-1.0.7/bower\_components/bootstrap/
apache-jmeter-4.0/bin/report-template/sbadmin2-1.0.7/bower\_components/bootstrap/dist/
apache-jmeter-4.0/bin/report-template/sbadmin2-1.0.7/bower\_components/bootstrap/dist/css/
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apache-jmeter-4.0/printable\_docs/usermanual/properties\_reference.html
apache-jmeter-4.0/printable\_docs/usermanual/realtime-results.html
apache-jmeter-4.0/printable\_docs/usermanual/regular\_expressions.html
apache-jmeter-4.0/printable\_docs/usermanual/remote-test.html
apache-jmeter-4.0/printable\_docs/usermanual/test\_plan.html

After extracting the apache jmeter archive, navigate to the bin directory of apache jmeter.

linuxhelp ~ # ls 
apache-jmeter-4.0  apache-jmeter-4.0.tgz
linuxhelp ~ # cd apache-jmeter-4.0/bin/

Now run the following script to install apache jmeter.

linuxhelp bin # ./jmeter.sh 
Sep 05, 2018 3:14:22 AM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$1 run
INFO: Created user preferences directory.
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Don't use GUI mode for load testing !, only for Test creation and Test debugging.
For load testing, use NON GUI Mode:
   jmeter -n -t \[jmx file\] -l \[results file\] -e -o \[Path to web report folder\]
& increase Java Heap to meet your test requirements:
   Modify current env variable HEAP="-Xms1g -Xmx1g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=256m" in the jmeter batch file
Check : https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/best-practices.html
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With this, the method to install Apache Jmeter on Linux mint-18.03 comes to an end