Downloading and Installing JMeter

Jmeter is a Java application, so a JRE or SDK first needs to be installed with a JAVA_HOME environment variable.

Jmeter can be downloaded in the below link:

http://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi

- Download Jmeter, and install by unzipping the .zip or .tgz file in any directory.
- Go to jakarta-jmeter Directory (Directory in which the .zip of .tgz file is unzipped)
- Type ./bin/jmeter on command prompt(for Unix) or Run bin/jmeter.bat (for Windows)
- JMeter is ready to test application.

Run jmeter.bat file in bin directory of  jakarta-jmeter Directory.