How To Install libtracefs1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtracefs1 on Kali Linux.

What is libtracefs1

libtracefs1 is:

The libtracefs library provides APIs to access kernel tracefs file system.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libtracefs1 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 libtracefs1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtracefs1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtracefs1

Install libtracefs1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtracefs1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtracefs1

Install libtracefs1 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 libtracefs1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtracefs1

How To Uninstall libtracefs1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtracefs1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtracefs1

Uninstall libtracefs1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtracefs1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtracefs1

Remove libtracefs1 Configurations and Data

To remove libtracefs1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtracefs1

Remove libtracefs1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtracefs1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtracefs1

Dependencies

libtracefs1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libtraceevent1

References

• libtracefs1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtracefs1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.