Internet Speedtest || Terminal

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Install

$ sudo apt-get install curl

$ curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/ookla/speedtest-cli/script.deb.sh | sudo bash

$ sudo apt-get install speedtest

$ speedtest

If you get the error message bash: /usr/bin/speedtest: No such file or directory do the following:

Download the program
$ wget https://install.speedtest.net/app/cli/ookla-speedtest-1.2.0-linux-x86_64.tgz

Make Directory
$ mkdir ookla-speedtest-1.2.0-linux-x86_64

Go to directory
$ cd ookla-speedtest-1.2.0-linux-x86_64

Extract tgz file and go to directory
$ tar -xzf ../ookla-speedtest-1.2.0-linux-x86_64.tgz

Copy the program to the folder where commands are kept
$ sudo cp speedtest /usr/bin/

Go back one directory
$ cd ..

Remove the directory you created eariler
$ rm -rf ookla-speedtest-1.2.0-linux-x86_64

Remove the tgz file you downloaded
$ rm -rf ookla-speedtest-1.2.0-linux-x86_64.tgz

Run the spped test program to do an Internet speedtest
$ speedtest

• This topic was modified 2 weeks, 2 days ago by thumbtak. Reason: I updated the commands for the following error `bash: /usr/bin/speedtest: No such file or directory`
• This topic was modified 2 weeks, 2 days ago by thumbtak. Reason: Added an explanation for the commands

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