How To Install libtraceevent1-plugin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtraceevent1-plugin on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• libc6
• libtraceevent1

References

• libtraceevent1-plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtraceevent1-plugin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.