Overview
In this tutorial, we will learn the steps to download and install JMeter. Apache JMeter Requires Java. Before installing JMeter, check whether your system supports Java. If not, install it because JMeter is a pure Java desktop application.
Download JMeter
To download JMeter navigate to the download page. For the Windows operating system, download the latest binary zip file onto the machine.
Download JMeter URL: http://meter.apache.org/download_JMeter.cgi
Choose to download the latest version of JMeter. Choose the binaries file (either .zip or .tgz)
Install JMeter
It is very simple and easy to install JMeter. Just extract the downloaded “zip” or “tgz” file and unzip the JMeter file into the directory where you want to install JMeter.
For example C:\jmeter
Verify Install
To check, whether it got installed or not on Windows, go to the directory where you unzip the .zip of .tgz file, open the Apache-JMeter-2.11 folder, click on the bin folder, and then click on the JMeter .bat file
This will open the JMeter application.
In the UNIX machine ./bin/JMeter on the command prompt to open JMeter.