How To Install latrace on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install latrace on Debian 9. latrace is traces library calls in dynamically linked programs

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.