How To Install heaptrack-gui on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install heaptrack-gui on Ubuntu 18.04. heaptrack-gui is Heap memory profiler for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install heaptrack-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is heaptrack-gui

heaptrack-gui is:

Heap memory usage profiler. It uses LD_PRELOAD to track all calls to the core memory allocation functions and logs these occurrences. Additionally, backtraces are obtained and logged.

The package contains GUI for the data analyze.

There are three methods to install heaptrack-gui 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 heaptrack-gui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install heaptrack-gui

Install heaptrack-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install heaptrack-gui

Install heaptrack-gui 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 heaptrack-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install heaptrack-gui

How To Uninstall heaptrack-gui on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the heaptrack-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove heaptrack-gui

Uninstall heaptrack-gui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall heaptrack-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove heaptrack-gui

Remove heaptrack-gui Configurations and Data

To remove heaptrack-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge heaptrack-gui

Remove heaptrack-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heaptrack-gui

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install heaptrack-gui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.