How To Install eventstat on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eventstat on Debian 9.
What is eventstat
eventstat is:
Eventstat periodically dumps out the current kernel event state. It keeps track of current events and outputs the change in events on each output update. The tool requires sudo to run since it needs to write to /proc/timer_stats to start and stop the event monitoring.
There are three methods to install eventstat on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install eventstat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eventstat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eventstat
Install eventstat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eventstat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eventstat
Install eventstat 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 eventstat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eventstat
How To Uninstall eventstat on Debian 9
To uninstall only the eventstat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eventstat
Uninstall eventstat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eventstat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eventstat
Remove eventstat Configurations and Data
To remove eventstat configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eventstat
Remove eventstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eventstat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eventstat
Dependencies
eventstat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eventstat package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.