How To Install apitrace on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install apitrace on Kali Linux. apitrace is tools for debugging OpenGL applications and drivers - cli frontends

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apitrace on Kali Linux.

What is apitrace

apitrace is:

apitrace is a suite of tools for debugging OpenGL applications and drivers. It includes a tool to generate a trace of all the OpenGL calls an application makes and a tool for replaying these traces and inspecting the rendering and OpenGL state during the program’s execution.

This makes it useful for identifying the sources of graphical corruption in OpenGL applications.

This package contains frontends for the apitrace tool, making it easy to trace applications and replay, compare, profile, and modify existing traces.

There are three methods to install apitrace 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 apitrace Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install apitrace

Install apitrace Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install apitrace using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install apitrace

Install apitrace 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 apitrace using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apitrace

How To Uninstall apitrace on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the apitrace package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apitrace

Uninstall apitrace And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apitrace

Remove apitrace Configurations and Data

To remove apitrace configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apitrace

Remove apitrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apitrace

Dependencies

apitrace have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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