Jmeter Installation and Start-Up

Step 1 - verify Java installation in your machine

Now, open console and execute the following java command.

OS Task Command

Windows Open Command Console - c:\> java -version

Linux Open Command Terminal - $ java -version

Mac Open Terminal machine:~ - joseph$ java -version

Step 2: Set JAVA environment

Windows Set the environment variable JAVA_HOME to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25

Linux - export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java-current

Mac - export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) [For OX 10.5 later]

Step 3: Download Jmeter

Download latest version of JMeter from http://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi.

Step 4: Run Jmeter

Windows - jmeter.bat

Linux - jmeter.sh

Mac - jmeter.sh (in console run sh ./jmeter.sh)

Reference :http://www.tutorialspoint.com/jmeter/jmeter_quick_guide.htm