How To Install heaptrack on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heaptrack on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is heaptrack
heaptrack 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 command line tools.
There are three methods to install heaptrack 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heaptrack
Install heaptrack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install heaptrack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heaptrack
Install heaptrack 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heaptrack
How To Uninstall heaptrack on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the heaptrack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heaptrack
Uninstall heaptrack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heaptrack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heaptrack
Remove heaptrack Configurations and Data
To remove heaptrack configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heaptrack
Remove heaptrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heaptrack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heaptrack
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heaptrack package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
