How To Install linux-tools-common on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-tools-common on Ubuntu 22.04. linux-tools-common is Linux kernel version specific tools for version 5.15.0

Introduction

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

What is linux-tools-common

linux-tools-common is:

This package provides the architecture independent parts for kernel version locked tools (such as perf and x86_energy_perf_policy) for version 5.15.0.

There are three methods to install linux-tools-common 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 linux-tools-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install linux-tools-common

Install linux-tools-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install linux-tools-common

Install linux-tools-common 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 linux-tools-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linux-tools-common

How To Uninstall linux-tools-common on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove linux-tools-common

Uninstall linux-tools-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-tools-common

Remove linux-tools-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge linux-tools-common

Remove linux-tools-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-tools-common

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Summary

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