How To Install liblttng-ust-ctl2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblttng-ust-ctl2 on Debian 9.
What is liblttng-ust-ctl2
liblttng-ust-ctl2 is:
The userspace tracer is designed to provide detailed information about userspace activity. Like the kernel tracer, performance is the main goal. Tracing does not require system calls or traps. UST instrumentation points may be added in any userspace code including signal handlers and libraries.
This package contains a library to control tracing in other processes. Used by lttng-tools.
There are three methods to install liblttng-ust-ctl2 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 liblttng-ust-ctl2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblttng-ust-ctl2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblttng-ust-ctl2
Install liblttng-ust-ctl2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblttng-ust-ctl2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblttng-ust-ctl2
Install liblttng-ust-ctl2 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 liblttng-ust-ctl2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblttng-ust-ctl2
How To Uninstall liblttng-ust-ctl2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the liblttng-ust-ctl2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblttng-ust-ctl2
Uninstall liblttng-ust-ctl2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblttng-ust-ctl2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblttng-ust-ctl2
Remove liblttng-ust-ctl2 Configurations and Data
To remove liblttng-ust-ctl2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblttng-ust-ctl2
Remove liblttng-ust-ctl2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblttng-ust-ctl2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblttng-ust-ctl2
Dependencies
liblttng-ust-ctl2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblttng-ust-ctl2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
