How To Install libsysprof-4-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsysprof-4-dev on Debian 12.
What is libsysprof-4-dev
libsysprof-4-dev is:
Sysprof is a sampling CPU profiler that uses a ptrace in Linux kernel to profile the entire system, not just a single application. Sysprof handles shared libraries and applications do not need to be recompiled. In fact they don’t even have to be restarted.
This package provides the development files for the shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libsysprof-4-dev 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 libsysprof-4-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsysprof-4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsysprof-4-dev
Install libsysprof-4-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsysprof-4-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsysprof-4-dev
Install libsysprof-4-dev 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 libsysprof-4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsysprof-4-dev
How To Uninstall libsysprof-4-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libsysprof-4-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsysprof-4-dev
Uninstall libsysprof-4-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsysprof-4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsysprof-4-dev
Remove libsysprof-4-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsysprof-4-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsysprof-4-dev
Remove libsysprof-4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsysprof-4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsysprof-4-dev
Dependencies
libsysprof-4-dev have the following dependencies:
- libsysprof-4
- libsysprof-ui-5
- libadwaita-1-dev
- libglib2.0-dev
- libgtk-4-dev
- libjson-glib-dev
- libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsysprof-4-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
