How To Install bootchart2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bootchart2 on Debian 9.
What is bootchart2
bootchart2 is:
bootchart2 is a boot process performance analyser: a tool that lets you collect and analyse data from your boot process. bootchart2 origins from bootchart, and has some advantages over it:
- more detailed kernel charting: uses the taskstats interface, instead of /proc/*/stat
- the data collector has been rewritten to make it faster
After the boot, you can view the logged data with a separately-provided GUI.
There are three methods to install bootchart2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bootchart2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bootchart2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bootchart2
Install bootchart2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bootchart2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bootchart2
Install bootchart2 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bootchart2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bootchart2
How To Uninstall bootchart2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bootchart2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bootchart2
Uninstall bootchart2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bootchart2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bootchart2
Remove bootchart2 Configurations and Data
To remove bootchart2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bootchart2
Remove bootchart2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bootchart2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bootchart2
Dependencies
bootchart2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bootchart2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
