How To Install python-tau on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tau
on Debian 9.
What is python-tau
python-tau is:
TAU is a profiling toolkit specially made for parallel computing (multi-thread, multi-process, MPI, PVM).
This package python bindings to the TAU functionality, as well as some auto-instrumentation support for python programs.
There are three methods to install python-tau
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 python-tau Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tau
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-tau
Install python-tau Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tau
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-tau
Install python-tau 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 python-tau
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-tau
How To Uninstall python-tau on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-tau
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-tau
Uninstall python-tau And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-tau
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tau
Remove python-tau Configurations and Data
To remove python-tau
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-tau
Remove python-tau configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-tau
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tau
Dependencies
python-tau have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tau
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.