How To Install libgtg-tools on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtg-tools on Ubuntu 22.04. libgtg-tools is Generic Trace Generator (GTG) - tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtg-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libgtg-tools

libgtg-tools is:

The GTG library provides a low level library to generate execution traces in Paje or OTF formats.

This package contains tools to manipulate gtg files.

There are three methods to install libgtg-tools on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgtg-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 libgtg-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgtg-tools

Install libgtg-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgtg-tools

Install libgtg-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgtg-tools

How To Uninstall libgtg-tools on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libgtg-tools

Uninstall libgtg-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgtg-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgtg-tools

Remove libgtg-tools Configurations and Data

To remove libgtg-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgtg-tools

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtg-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.