How To Install blktrace on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install blktrace on Kali Linux. blktrace is utilities for block layer IO tracing

Introduction

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

What is blktrace

blktrace is:

blktrace is a block layer IO tracing mechanism which provides detailed information about request queue operations up to user space. There are three major components that are provided:

blktrace: A utility which transfers event traces from the kernel into either long-term on-disk storage, or provides direct formatted output (via blkparse).

blkparse: A utility which formats events stored in files, or when run in live mode directly outputs data collected by blktrace.

iowatcher: A utility to visualize block I/O patterns. It generates graphs from blktrace runs to help visualize IO patterns and performance. It can plot multiple blktrace runs together, making it easy to compare the differences between different benchmark runs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install blktrace

Install blktrace Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install blktrace

Install blktrace 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 blktrace using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blktrace

How To Uninstall blktrace on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove blktrace

Uninstall blktrace And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blktrace

Remove blktrace Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge blktrace

Remove blktrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blktrace

Dependencies

blktrace have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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