build httest form a source code on Ubuntu 13.04 64bit

# tail -1 /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04" # uname -ri 3.8.0-23-generic x86_64 # gcc –version

You can install httest with apt-get.

# apt-cache search httest httest - HTTP test tool # apt-get install -y httest # httest --version httest 2.2.6

httest version which has been shipped with Ubuntu is a little bit old.

The latest version is 2.4.3 as of now.

build httest from a source code.

download the latest version from http://htt.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cwiki/bin/public?page=HttDownloadSection

[ build httest from a source code including trial and error logs ]

# tar xzvf httest-2.4.3.tar.gz # cd httest-2.4.3/

build httest.

error

# ./configure checking for socket... yes ./configure: line 12097: apr-1-config: command not found libapr is missing

# apt-get install libapr1 libapr1-dev -y

try again.

# ./configure ./configure: line 12102: apu-1-config: command not found libaprutil is missing

# apt-get install libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dev -y

Okay I was able to build the latest httest.

# ./configure # make # make install # /usr/local/bin/httest --version httest 2.4.3