How To Install babeltrace on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install babeltrace on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove babeltrace
Remove babeltrace Configurations and Data
To remove babeltrace configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install babeltrace package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.