How To Install qcachegrind on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qcachegrind on Debian 9.
What is qcachegrind
qcachegrind is:
QCachegrind is a visualisation tool for the profiling data generated by calltree, a memory profiling tool for valgrind. Any executable can be profiled using calltree without being recompiled, including multi-threaded applications, shared libraries, and plugins.
For visualising the output from profiling tools other than Valgrind, several converters can be found in the kcachegrind-converters package.
There are three methods to install qcachegrind 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 qcachegrind Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qcachegrind using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qcachegrind
Install qcachegrind Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qcachegrind using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qcachegrind
Install qcachegrind 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 qcachegrind using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qcachegrind
How To Uninstall qcachegrind on Debian 9
To uninstall only the qcachegrind package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qcachegrind
Uninstall qcachegrind And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qcachegrind and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qcachegrind
Remove qcachegrind Configurations and Data
To remove qcachegrind configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qcachegrind
Remove qcachegrind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qcachegrind configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qcachegrind
Dependencies
qcachegrind have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qcachegrind package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.