slowhttptest command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix slowhttptest command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

slowhttptest: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: slowhttptest: command not found

In Ubuntu slowhttptest is provided by slowhttptest package.

slowhttptest is:

SlowHTTPTest is a highly configurable tool that simulates some application layer Denial of Service attacks.

It implements most common low-bandwidth application layer Denial of Service attacks, such as

Slowloris
Slow HTTP POST
Slow Read attack (based on TCP persist timer exploit) by draining concurrent connections pool
Apache Range Header attack by causing very significant memory and CPU usage on the server.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install slowhttptest

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install slowhttptest.

sudo apt -y install slowhttptest

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install slowhttptest

In this tutorial we learn how to fix slowhttptest command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.