How To Install libtraceevent1-plugin on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtraceevent1-plugin on Debian 12.
What is libtraceevent1-plugin
libtraceevent1-plugin is:
The libtraceevent library provides APIs to access kernel tracepoint events, located in the tracefs file system under the events directory.
This package provides the plugins needed by the programs using libtraceevent1.
There are three methods to install libtraceevent1-plugin 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 libtraceevent1-plugin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtraceevent1-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtraceevent1-plugin
Install libtraceevent1-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtraceevent1-plugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtraceevent1-plugin
Install libtraceevent1-plugin 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 libtraceevent1-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtraceevent1-plugin
How To Uninstall libtraceevent1-plugin on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libtraceevent1-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtraceevent1-plugin
Uninstall libtraceevent1-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtraceevent1-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtraceevent1-plugin
Remove libtraceevent1-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove libtraceevent1-plugin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtraceevent1-plugin
Remove libtraceevent1-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtraceevent1-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtraceevent1-plugin
Dependencies
libtraceevent1-plugin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtraceevent1-plugin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
