"speedtest-cli 2.0.0-1" package outputs incorrect results

[Matei C.]

### OS ###

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Release: 18.04

### PACKAGE ###

$ apt-cache policy speedtest-cli
speedtest-cli:
  Installed: 2.0.0-1
  Candidate: 2.0.0-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.0-1 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com bionic/universe arm64 Packages
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com bionic/universe armhf Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
pi@rock64:~

### RESULTS ###

I recently noticed some discrepancies between the "speedtest-cli" results when installed using the "apt" package manager vs running the script itself.

I noticed that when using Armbian Buster OS (https://www.armbian.com/rock64/) on a Rock64 ARM processor based single board computer where "speedtest-cli' was installed via the apt package manager the tool very different results (lower values) when compared to running the speedtest-cli.py (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py) script using Python 2.7.15.

The repository and package version used to install "speedtest-cli":

speedtest-cli/bionic,bionic,now 2.0.0-1 all [installed]

Example:

localhost:~$ speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from ISP_CENSURED (IP_CENSURED)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by ISP_CENSURED: 4.866 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 233.49 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 4.08 Mbit/s
localhost:~$ curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python -
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from ISP_CENSURED (IP_CENSURED)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by ISP_CENSURED [6.90 km]: 5.145 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 468.78 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed................................................................................................
Upload: 272.79 Mbit/s
localhost:~$
I have also tested this on Raspbian Buster and Fedora Workstation 31 and no such discrepancies were noticed.

Regards,

[piersh (piersh)]

this is a known bug in speedtest-cli and has been long-fixed. please update the version in bionic so we don't have to keep installing this from source.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Henry Sprog (henry-sprog)]

This is a really annoying bug to have in an LTS. I can confirm that if you install it from the command line with apt-get it fails to get the correct upload speed only displaying approx 20% of the correct upload speed. Installing the Python version via pip works but is not ideal.

[Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987)]

Fix released in Focal+