How To Install austin on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install austin
on Debian 12.
What is austin
austin is:
Austin is a Python frame stack sampler for CPython written in pure C. It samples the stack traces of a Python application so that they can be visualised and analysed. As such, it serves the basis for building powerful profilers for Python.
The most interesting use of Austin is probably in conjunction with FlameGraph to profile Python applications while they are running, without the need of instrumentation. This means that Austin can be used on production code with little or even no impact on performance.
There are three methods to install austin
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install austin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install austin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install austin
Install austin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install austin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install austin
Install austin 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 austin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install austin
How To Uninstall austin on Debian 12
To uninstall only the austin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove austin
Uninstall austin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall austin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove austin
Remove austin Configurations and Data
To remove austin
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge austin
Remove austin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove austin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge austin
Dependencies
austin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install austin
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.