How To Install babeltrace2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install babeltrace2 on Kali Linux.

What is babeltrace2

babeltrace2 is:

The Babeltrace 2 project offers a library with a C API, Python 3 bindings, and a command-line tool which makes it very easy for mere mortals to view, convert, transform, and analyze traces.

This package contains the “babeltrace2” command line tool.

There are three methods to install babeltrace2 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 babeltrace2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install babeltrace2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install babeltrace2

Install babeltrace2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install babeltrace2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install babeltrace2

Install babeltrace2 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 babeltrace2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install babeltrace2

How To Uninstall babeltrace2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the babeltrace2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove babeltrace2

Uninstall babeltrace2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall babeltrace2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove babeltrace2

Remove babeltrace2 Configurations and Data

To remove babeltrace2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge babeltrace2

Remove babeltrace2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove babeltrace2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge babeltrace2

Dependencies

babeltrace2 have the following dependencies:

• libbabeltrace2-0
• libc6
• libglib2.0-0

References

• babeltrace2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install babeltrace2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.