How To Install babeltrace on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is babeltrace

babeltrace is:

Babeltrace provides trace reading and writing libraries, as well as a trace converter. Plugins can be created for any trace format to allow its conversion to/from any other supported format.

This package contains the “babeltrace” trace conversion program.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install babeltrace

Install babeltrace Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install babeltrace

Install babeltrace 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 babeltrace using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install babeltrace

How To Uninstall babeltrace on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove babeltrace

Uninstall babeltrace And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove babeltrace

Remove babeltrace Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge babeltrace

Remove babeltrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge babeltrace

Dependencies

babeltrace have the following dependencies:

• libbabeltrace1
• libc6
• libdw1
• libelf1
• libglib2.0-0
• libpopt0
• libuuid1

References

• babeltrace website

Summary

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