How to Fix – ‘Error: Unable to find a match: iperf’ on CentOS 8

Mostly the above message through the system when its package or binary not available on CentOS 8 default repositories. Its binary not available in CentOS 8  BaseOS and AppSteam repositories but it can be installed from EPEL Repository. 

 

This utility is mostly used to measure network bandwidth between tow nodes. This article describes How to Fix – ‘Error: Unable to find a match: iperf’ on CentOS 8.

[root@linuxcnf ~]# dnf install iperf ............................. Error: Unable to find a match: iperf [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Step 1. Enable EPEL Repository: Follow the article How to configure EPEL repository on CentOS 8 to enable EPEL Repository.

 

Step 2. Package Installation: Run the following command to install iperf package/binary on the system:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# dnf install iperf -y ……………………. Installed:   iperf-2.1.6-2.el8.x86_64   Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 3. Validate the Installation: Run the following command to verify the installation by checking iperf version and binary command location:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# iperf --version iperf version 2.1.6 (10 December 2021) pthreads [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# which iperf /usr/bin/iperf [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Done!!! Now the ‘iperf’ package installed successfully on CentOS 8.