How To Install liblttng-ust0 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblttng-ust0 on Debian 9.
What is liblttng-ust0
liblttng-ust0 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 the actual userspace tracing library that must be linked to the instrumented programs.
There are three methods to install liblttng-ust0 on Debian 9. 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-ust0 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-ust0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblttng-ust0
Install liblttng-ust0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblttng-ust0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblttng-ust0
Install liblttng-ust0 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-ust0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblttng-ust0
How To Uninstall liblttng-ust0 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the liblttng-ust0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblttng-ust0
Uninstall liblttng-ust0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblttng-ust0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblttng-ust0
Remove liblttng-ust0 Configurations and Data
To remove liblttng-ust0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblttng-ust0
Remove liblttng-ust0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblttng-ust0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblttng-ust0
Dependencies
liblttng-ust0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblttng-ust0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.