How To Install liblttng-ust-ctl4 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblttng-ust-ctl4 on Kali Linux.
What is liblttng-ust-ctl4
liblttng-ust-ctl4 is:
The userspace tracer is designed to provide detailed information about userspace activity. Like the kernel tracer, performance is the main goal. Tracing does not require system calls or traps. UST instrumentation points may be added in any userspace code including signal handlers and libraries.
This package contains a library to control tracing in other processes. Used by lttng-tools.
There are three methods to install liblttng-ust-ctl4 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblttng-ust-ctl4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liblttng-ust-ctl4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblttng-ust-ctl4Install liblttng-ust-ctl4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liblttng-ust-ctl4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblttng-ust-ctl4Install liblttng-ust-ctl4 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liblttng-ust-ctl4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblttng-ust-ctl4How To Uninstall liblttng-ust-ctl4 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the liblttng-ust-ctl4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblttng-ust-ctl4Uninstall liblttng-ust-ctl4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblttng-ust-ctl4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblttng-ust-ctl4Remove liblttng-ust-ctl4 Configurations and Data
To remove liblttng-ust-ctl4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblttng-ust-ctl4Remove liblttng-ust-ctl4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblttng-ust-ctl4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblttng-ust-ctl4Dependencies
liblttng-ust-ctl4 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblttng-ust-ctl4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
