How To Install libeztrace-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeztrace-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libeztrace-dev
libeztrace-dev is:
EZTrace is a tool that aims at generating automatically execution traces from HPC (High Performance Computing) programs. It generates execution trace files that can be interpreted by visualization tools such as ViTE. It uses LD_PRELOAD and dlsym() to intercept calls to the usual HPC primitives, to be observed.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libeztrace-dev 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 libeztrace-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libeztrace-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libeztrace-dev
Install libeztrace-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libeztrace-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libeztrace-dev
Install libeztrace-dev 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 libeztrace-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libeztrace-dev
How To Uninstall libeztrace-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libeztrace-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libeztrace-dev
Uninstall libeztrace-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libeztrace-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeztrace-dev
Remove libeztrace-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libeztrace-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libeztrace-dev
Remove libeztrace-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libeztrace-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeztrace-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeztrace-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
