How To Install flowgrind-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flowgrind-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is flowgrind-dbg
flowgrind-dbg is:
This package contains debugging symbols for flowgrind, a distributed network performance measurement tool.
There are three methods to install flowgrind-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install flowgrind-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flowgrind-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flowgrind-dbg
Install flowgrind-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flowgrind-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flowgrind-dbg
Install flowgrind-dbg 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install flowgrind-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flowgrind-dbg
How To Uninstall flowgrind-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the flowgrind-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flowgrind-dbg
Uninstall flowgrind-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flowgrind-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flowgrind-dbg
Remove flowgrind-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove flowgrind-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flowgrind-dbg
Remove flowgrind-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flowgrind-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flowgrind-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flowgrind-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
