How To Install otf2-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install otf2-tools on Debian 12.
What is otf2-tools
otf2-tools is:
OTF is a standard trace format used by several high-performance tools, using an ASCII encoding, which supports multiple streams. The libotf2 provides support for reading/writing them.
This package contains programs to manipulate otf files.
There are three methods to install otf2-tools 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 otf2-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 otf2-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install otf2-tools
Install otf2-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install otf2-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install otf2-tools
Install otf2-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install otf2-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install otf2-tools
How To Uninstall otf2-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the otf2-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove otf2-tools
Uninstall otf2-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall otf2-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove otf2-tools
Remove otf2-tools Configurations and Data
To remove otf2-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge otf2-tools
Remove otf2-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove otf2-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge otf2-tools
Dependencies
otf2-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install otf2-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
