How To Install eztrace on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eztrace on Debian 9.
What is eztrace
eztrace is:
EZTrace is a tool that aims at generating automatically execution traces from HPC (High Performance Computing) programs. It generates execution trace files that can be interpreted by visualization tools such as ViTE. It uses LD_PRELOAD and dlsym() to intercept calls to the usual HPC primitives, to be observed.
This package contains the tools.
There are three methods to install eztrace 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 eztrace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eztrace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eztrace
Install eztrace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eztrace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eztrace
Install eztrace 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 eztrace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eztrace
How To Uninstall eztrace on Debian 9
To uninstall only the eztrace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eztrace
Uninstall eztrace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eztrace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eztrace
Remove eztrace Configurations and Data
To remove eztrace configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eztrace
Remove eztrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eztrace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eztrace
Dependencies
eztrace have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eztrace package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.