install dnsperf 2.0.0.0 in Ubuntu 12.10 64bit

Here’s an explanation of how to build dnsperf 2.0.0.0 from source in Ubuntu12.10

# tail -1 /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.10" # uname -ri 3.5.0-26-generic x86_64

download dnsperf from http://www.nominum.com/support/measurement-tools/

download BIND source from www.isc.org

install packages via apt-get , which are required to build dnsperf

# apt-get install libbind-dev build-essential dnsutils bind9 libpcap-dev tshark libxml2-dev libssl-dev libcap-dev tshark

extract bind9.9 and copy hmacsha.h to /usr/include/isc directory

tar xzvf bind-9.9.2-P2.tar.gz cp bind-9.9.2-P2/lib/isc/include/isc/hmacsha.h /usr/include/isc

build dnsperf

# cd dnsperf-src-2.0.0.0-1/ # ./configure # make # make install

# which dnsperf /usr/local/bin/dnsperf # dnsperf --version DNS Performance Testing Tool Nominum Version 2.0.0.0