Installation Issue

[MuzafarWani]

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I am trying to install iperf on a machine and while executing ./configure I am getting errors as below

1. conftest.c:61: undefined reference to `cpuset_setaffinity'
2. conftest.c:30:10: fatal error: netinet/sctp.h: No such file or directory
   #include <netinet/sctp.h>
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   compilation terminated.
3. conftest.c:11:10: fatal error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or directory
   #include <ac_nonexistent.h>
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   compilation terminated.

Because of above errors I am not able to install iperf

Context

• Version of iperf3:

• 3.1.3

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• Operating system (and distribution, if any): ubuntu

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[davidBar-On]

@MuzafarWani, are you trying to install iperf3 or build it from source? In both cases, why version 3.1.3 which is old version?

Assuming you are trying to build iperf3, did you try to run ./bootstrap.sh per the note in Building iperf3?

[MuzafarWani]

@davidBar-On I am trying to install iperf3. I did run ./bootstrap.sh as mentioned but still I am getting the above mentioned issue.

Which version other than 3.1.3 should I try?

[davidBar-On]

@MuzafarWani,

I am trying to install iperf3

Just to make sure, by "install" you mean get iperf3 source and build it yourself? I am asking because ./bootstrap.sh and ./config are part of the process of building iperf3 from the source. On the other hand you are referring to version 3.1.3 which is the executable available under https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php.

Which version other than 3.1.3 should I try?

If you just want to download iperf3 executable for Linux Ubuntu, see this site. iperf3 version 3.7 is available by #sudo apt-get install iperf3.

[MuzafarWani]

@davidBar-On I am trying to get iperf3 source and build it myself as I don't have sudo access on the machine I want to install on.
I am getting the errors mentioned above. So I am looking for a solution for those errors.

[davidBar-On]

@MuzafarWani Can you give more details about the environment you are using: machine, Ubuntu version, etc.? In general, the bootstrap.sh that generates the ./configure should properly guess what is available but it may be that there is a problem in your environment.

Also, just to make sure, can you give more details about the steps you took? In general, per these instructions it should be something like:

1. Clone the iperf3 git repository, or get the source of version 3.9 from https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/
2. cd iperf
3. ./bootstrap.sh
4. ./configure
5. make (build a test version under iperf/src)
6. ./src/iperf3 -h (to test that iperf3 was properly built)
7. make install (build a release version)

[MuzafarWani]

@davidBar-On I am using a cluster node with Ubuntu 18.04.5.

I followed the steps

Clone the iperf3 git repository, or get the source of version 3.9 from https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/
 cd iperf
./bootstrap.sh
./configure
make (build a test version under iperf/src)
./src/iperf3 -h (to test that iperf3 was properly built) -- This step shows various options available with iperf3. I am assuming that is what it is supposed to do


make install (build a release version)

This step is showing as below:
ake: Warning: File 'Makefile' has modification time 19843 s in the future
Making install in src
make[1]: Entering directory '/users/phd/muzafarwan/iperf-3.9/src'
make[1]: Warning: File '.deps/units.Plo' has modification time 19862 s in the future
make[2]: Entering directory '/users/phd/muzafarwan/iperf-3.9/src'
make[2]: Warning: File '.deps/units.Plo' has modification time 19861 s in the future
/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib'
/bin/bash ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libiperf.la '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libiperf.so.0.0.0 /usr/local/lib/libiperf.so.0.0.0
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/lib/libiperf.so.0.0.0': Permission denied
Makefile:734: recipe for target 'install-libLTLIBRARIES' failed
make[2]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/users/phd/muzafarwan/iperf-3.9/src'
Makefile:1665: recipe for target 'install-am' failed
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/users/phd/muzafarwan/iperf-3.9/src'
Makefile:388: recipe for target 'install-recursive' failed
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

[davidBar-On]

./src/iperf3 -h (to test that iperf3 was properly built) -- This step shows various options available with iperf3.

This means that the test version was properly built (-h is to show the help for iperf3). If you are building iperf3 for your own usage that may be sufficient, i.e. using the ./src/iperf3, and there is no need for the next step to build a release version.

make install
.....
ibtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libiperf.so.0.0.0 /usr/local/lib/libiperf.so.0.0.0
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/lib/libiperf.so.0.0.0': Permission denied
....

It seems that you don't have the permissions to build and install the release version. As I wrote above, that may not be needed.

[bmah888]

Thanks to @davidBar-On for the troubleshooting help!

@MuzafarWani it is true that if you don't have root access on the system you're running on, you won't be able to do the make install step. But you can certainly run iperf3 as a normal user.

Another thing to consider is some of the odd messages you got while building about timestamps. You might want to check the clock on the machine you're using to be sure it's got (approximately) the correct time. Most iperf3 functionality won't care about this.

On other thought: It might be easier for you to enlist the help of whomever manages this Ubuntu host to see if they can install an up-to-date iperf3 package for you, rather than you trying to figure out how to compile from source. It's not hard to do, but it feels like there's some oddities in the build environment that are making this not-so-straightforward.

[MuzafarWani]

@davidBar-On Thank you sir for helping out with the issues
@bmah888 I don't have the root access on the system and I tested the sudo installation on my personal computer and it works fine. Thank you sir I will try to get it installed by the administrators.