How To Install python-bpfcc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bpfcc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-bpfcc
python-bpfcc is:
BPF Compiler Collection (BCC) is a toolkit for creating efficient kernel tracing and manipulation programs
It makes use of extended BPF (Berkeley Package Filter) and provides tools for BPF based Linux IO analysis, networking, monitoring and more
This package provides the Python bindings
There are three methods to install python-bpfcc 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 python-bpfcc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bpfcc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-bpfcc
Install python-bpfcc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bpfcc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-bpfcc
Install python-bpfcc 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 python-bpfcc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-bpfcc
How To Uninstall python-bpfcc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-bpfcc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-bpfcc
Uninstall python-bpfcc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-bpfcc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bpfcc
Remove python-bpfcc Configurations and Data
To remove python-bpfcc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-bpfcc
Remove python-bpfcc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-bpfcc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bpfcc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bpfcc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
