httperf software package provides HTTP server performance tester, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install httperf
httperf is installed in your system.
Make ensure the httperf package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep httperf *
You will get with httperf package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | httperf |
| Version | 0.9.0-5 |
| Description | HTTP server performance tester |
| Sub Section | web |