How To Install libpcp-trace2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp-trace2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpcp-trace2
libpcp-trace2 is:
The libpcp-trace package contains the runtime environment required by an application that is directly instrumented for event and value tracking by pmdatrace(3), the Trace Performance Metric Domain Agent.
The Performance Co-Pilot provides a unifying abstraction for all of the interesting performance data in a system, and allows client applications to easily retrieve and process any subset of that data.
There are three methods to install libpcp-trace2 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 libpcp-trace2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcp-trace2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcp-trace2
Install libpcp-trace2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcp-trace2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcp-trace2
Install libpcp-trace2 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 libpcp-trace2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcp-trace2
How To Uninstall libpcp-trace2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpcp-trace2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcp-trace2
Uninstall libpcp-trace2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcp-trace2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcp-trace2
Remove libpcp-trace2 Configurations and Data
To remove libpcp-trace2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcp-trace2
Remove libpcp-trace2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcp-trace2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcp-trace2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp-trace2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
