How To Install litl-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install litl-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is litl-tools
litl-tools is:
LiTL is a lightweight tool for recording events during the execution of scientific high-performance applications.
This package contains tools for manipulating trace files.
There are three methods to install litl-tools 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 litl-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install litl-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install litl-tools
Install litl-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install litl-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install litl-tools
Install litl-tools 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 litl-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install litl-tools
How To Uninstall litl-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the litl-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove litl-tools
Uninstall litl-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall litl-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove litl-tools
Remove litl-tools Configurations and Data
To remove litl-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge litl-tools
Remove litl-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove litl-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge litl-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install litl-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
