How To Install otf-trace on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install otf-trace on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is otf-trace
otf-trace is:
OTF is a standard trace format used by several high-performance tools, using an ASCII encoding, which supports multiple streams. The libotf provides support for reading/writing them.
This package contains programs to manipulate otf files.
There are three methods to install otf-trace 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 otf-trace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install otf-trace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install otf-trace
Install otf-trace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install otf-trace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install otf-trace
Install otf-trace 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 otf-trace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install otf-trace
How To Uninstall otf-trace on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the otf-trace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove otf-trace
Uninstall otf-trace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall otf-trace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove otf-trace
Remove otf-trace Configurations and Data
To remove otf-trace configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge otf-trace
Remove otf-trace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove otf-trace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge otf-trace
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install otf-trace package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
