How To Install liblttng-ust-python-agent1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install liblttng-ust-python-agent1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. liblttng-ust-python-agent1 is LTTng 2.0 Userspace Tracer (Python agent native library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblttng-ust-python-agent1 on Debian 12.

What is liblttng-ust-python-agent1

liblttng-ust-python-agent1 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 used by the Python agents.

There are three methods to install liblttng-ust-python-agent1 on Debian 12. 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-python-agent1 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-python-agent1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblttng-ust-python-agent1

Install liblttng-ust-python-agent1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblttng-ust-python-agent1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblttng-ust-python-agent1

Install liblttng-ust-python-agent1 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-python-agent1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblttng-ust-python-agent1

How To Uninstall liblttng-ust-python-agent1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the liblttng-ust-python-agent1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblttng-ust-python-agent1

Uninstall liblttng-ust-python-agent1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblttng-ust-python-agent1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblttng-ust-python-agent1

Remove liblttng-ust-python-agent1 Configurations and Data

To remove liblttng-ust-python-agent1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblttng-ust-python-agent1

Remove liblttng-ust-python-agent1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblttng-ust-python-agent1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblttng-ust-python-agent1

Dependencies

liblttng-ust-python-agent1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblttng-ust-python-agent1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.