How To Install latrace on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install latrace on Debian 9.
What is latrace
latrace is:
latrace (similar to ltrace) displays dynamic library calls of a program using the LD_AUDIT feature of newer glibc versions. It is also capable to measure and display various statistics of dynamic calls. If a config file is provided, latrace will display function arguments with detailed output for structures.
There are three methods to install latrace 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 latrace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install latrace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install latrace
Install latrace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install latrace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install latrace
Install latrace 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 latrace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install latrace
How To Uninstall latrace on Debian 9
To uninstall only the latrace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove latrace
Uninstall latrace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall latrace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove latrace
Remove latrace Configurations and Data
To remove latrace configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge latrace
Remove latrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove latrace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latrace
Dependencies
latrace have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install latrace package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.