How To Install libtraceevent-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtraceevent-doc on Kali Linux. libtraceevent-doc is Linux kernel trace event library (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtraceevent-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libtraceevent-doc

libtraceevent-doc is:

The libtraceevent library provides APIs to access kernel tracepoint events, located in the tracefs file system under the events directory.

This package containes the documentation of libtraceevent.

There are three methods to install libtraceevent-doc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtraceevent-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtraceevent-doc

Install libtraceevent-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtraceevent-doc

Install libtraceevent-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtraceevent-doc

How To Uninstall libtraceevent-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtraceevent-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtraceevent-doc

Uninstall libtraceevent-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtraceevent-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtraceevent-doc

Remove libtraceevent-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libtraceevent-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtraceevent-doc

Remove libtraceevent-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtraceevent-doc

Dependencies

libtraceevent-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtraceevent-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.