How To Install libeztrace0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeztrace0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libeztrace0 is Automatic execution trace generation for HPC - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeztrace0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libeztrace0

libeztrace0 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 libeztrace0 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 libeztrace0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libeztrace0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libeztrace0

Install libeztrace0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libeztrace0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libeztrace0

Install libeztrace0 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 libeztrace0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libeztrace0

How To Uninstall libeztrace0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libeztrace0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libeztrace0

Uninstall libeztrace0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libeztrace0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeztrace0

Remove libeztrace0 Configurations and Data

To remove libeztrace0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libeztrace0

Remove libeztrace0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libeztrace0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeztrace0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeztrace0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.