How To Install fxt-tools on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install fxt-tools on Debian 11. fxt-tools is Multithreaded tracing library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fxt-tools on Debian 11.

What is fxt-tools

fxt-tools is:

FxT is a library and associated tools that can be used to analyze the performance of multithreaded programs which can potentially use a hybrid thread scheduler (i.e. a user-level scheduler on top of a kernel-level one). The Marcel thread library can take full profit from this library.

FxT is based on the offline analysis of traces (sequence of events recorded at run time).

This package contains tools.

There are three methods to install fxt-tools on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fxt-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fxt-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fxt-tools

Install fxt-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fxt-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fxt-tools

Install fxt-tools 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 fxt-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fxt-tools

How To Uninstall fxt-tools on Debian 11

To uninstall only the fxt-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fxt-tools

Uninstall fxt-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fxt-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fxt-tools

Remove fxt-tools Configurations and Data

To remove fxt-tools configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fxt-tools

Remove fxt-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fxt-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fxt-tools

Dependencies

fxt-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fxt-tools package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.