How To Install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework on Debian 9.
What is eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework
eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework is:
This package provides a common infrastructure that allows one to integrate various profiling tools into Eclipse IDE. It supports 3 categories of tools:
- Timing - measure the amount of time taken in functions and methods
- Memory - profiles heap/stack/cache usage for an application
- Coverage - measures how much of the code gets exercised in a run
In addition to this package, a plugin that integrates particular profiling tool (e.g. Valgrind or perf) is required in order to run performance analysis.
There are three methods to install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework 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 eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework
Install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework
Install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework 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 eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework
How To Uninstall eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework on Debian 9
To uninstall only the eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework
Uninstall eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework
Remove eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework Configurations and Data
To remove eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework
Remove eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework
Dependencies
eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-cdt-profiling-framework package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
