How To Install libgprofng0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgprofng0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgprofng0 is GNU Next Generation profiler (runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgprofng0 on Debian 12.

What is libgprofng0

libgprofng0 is:

Gprofng is the GNU Next Generation profiler for analyzing the performance of Linux applications. Gprofng allows you to:

  • Profile C / C++ / Java / Scala applications without needing to recompile
  • Profile multi-threaded applications
  • Analyze and compare multiple experiments
  • Use time-based sampling and / or hardware event counters

This package includes the libgprofng shared library.

There are three methods to install libgprofng0 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgprofng0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgprofng0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgprofng0

Install libgprofng0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgprofng0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgprofng0

Install libgprofng0 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 libgprofng0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgprofng0

How To Uninstall libgprofng0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgprofng0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgprofng0

Uninstall libgprofng0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgprofng0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgprofng0

Remove libgprofng0 Configurations and Data

To remove libgprofng0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgprofng0

Remove libgprofng0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgprofng0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgprofng0

Dependencies

libgprofng0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgprofng0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.