How To Install extrace on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is extrace

extrace is:

extrace traces all program executions happening on a system, or the subset of program executions done by a given process and its descendants. For example, to see what the shell really executes:

$ sudo extrace -p $(pidof zsh) 8505 git rev-parse –is-inside-work-tree 8506 direnv export zsh 8511 git rev-parse –is-inside-work-tree 8515 wc -l 8516 whoami 8542 hostname 8543 git rev-parse –is-inside-work-tree 8544 direnv export zsh 8549 /bin/bash –noprofile –norc -c ’eval “$("/usr/bin/direnv” stdlib)" >&2
&& source_env “.envrc” >&2 && “/usr/bin/direnv” dump' 8551 /usr/bin/direnv stdlib 8558 /usr/bin/direnv watch .envrc 8565 dirname .envrc 8567 basename .envrc 8569 basename .envrc 8549 /usr/bin/direnv dump 8574 git rev-parse –is-inside-work-tree 8578 wc -l 8579 whoami

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install extrace

Install extrace Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install extrace

Install extrace 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 extrace using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install extrace

How To Uninstall extrace on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove extrace

Uninstall extrace And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove extrace

Remove extrace Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge extrace

Remove extrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge extrace

Dependencies

extrace have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• extrace website

Summary

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