How To Install liblttng-ust-ctl5 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblttng-ust-ctl5 on Debian 12.
What is liblttng-ust-ctl5
liblttng-ust-ctl5 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-ctl5 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 liblttng-ust-ctl5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblttng-ust-ctl5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblttng-ust-ctl5
Install liblttng-ust-ctl5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblttng-ust-ctl5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblttng-ust-ctl5
Install liblttng-ust-ctl5 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 liblttng-ust-ctl5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblttng-ust-ctl5
How To Uninstall liblttng-ust-ctl5 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the liblttng-ust-ctl5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblttng-ust-ctl5
Uninstall liblttng-ust-ctl5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblttng-ust-ctl5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblttng-ust-ctl5
Remove liblttng-ust-ctl5 Configurations and Data
To remove liblttng-ust-ctl5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblttng-ust-ctl5
Remove liblttng-ust-ctl5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblttng-ust-ctl5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblttng-ust-ctl5
Dependencies
liblttng-ust-ctl5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblttng-ust-ctl5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
