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homebrew for speed tests

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 7 July 2023         1 minute read

Using Homebrew for speed tests...

I'm using Speediest CLI - for more details go to https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

To install speedtest CLI is is quick by running the following

brew install speedtest-cli

I had a few brew updates required as you'll see by the response below

You have 18 outdated formulae installed.

==> Fetching dependencies for speedtest-cli: mpdecimal, openssl@3 and python@3.11
==> Fetching mpdecimal
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/mpdecimal/manifests/2.5.1
############################################################################## 100.0%
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/mpdecimal/blobs/sha256:5b1c62c08b42f
############################################################################## 100.0%
==> Fetching openssl@3
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/openssl/3/manifests/3.1.1_1
############################################################################## 100.0%
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/openssl/3/blobs/sha256:c4366444ddd5f
############################################################################## 100.0%
==> Fetching python@3.11
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/python/3.11/manifests/3.11.4_1
############################################################################## 100.0%
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/python/3.11/blobs/sha256:014abdd7f97
############################################################################## 100.0%
==> Fetching speedtest-cli
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/speedtest-cli/manifests/2.1.3_1-1
############################################################################## 100.0%
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/speedtest-cli/blobs/sha256:dbe544f68
############################################################################## 100.0%
==> Installing dependencies for speedtest-cli: mpdecimal, openssl@3 and python@3.11
==> Installing speedtest-cli dependency: mpdecimal
==> Pouring mpdecimal--2.5.1.arm64_ventura.bottle.tar.gz
🍺  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mpdecimal/2.5.1: 71 files, 2.2MB
==> Installing speedtest-cli dependency: openssl@3
==> Pouring openssl@3--3.1.1_1.arm64_ventura.bottle.tar.gz
🍺  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/openssl@3/3.1.1_1: 6,495 files, 28.4MB
==> Installing speedtest-cli dependency: python@3.11
==> Pouring python@3.11--3.11.4_1.arm64_ventura.bottle.tar.gz
==> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.4_1/bin/python3.11 -m ensurepip
==> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.4_1/bin/python3.11 -m pip install -v --no-d
🍺  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.4_1: 3,288 files, 62.0MB
==> Installing speedtest-cli
==> Pouring speedtest-cli--2.1.3_1.all.bottle.1.tar.gz
🍺  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/speedtest-cli/2.1.3_1: 7 files, 87.0KB
==> Running `brew cleanup speedtest-cli`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).

 

How to run a speed test

Run a speed test by

speedtest-cli

 

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