How To Install python3-lttngust on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-lttngust on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-lttngust is LTTng 2.0 Userspace Tracer (Python 3 UST agent)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lttngust on Debian 12.

What is python3-lttngust

python3-lttngust is:

The userspace tracer is designed to provide detailed information about userspace activity. Like the kernel tracer, performance is the main goal. Tracing does not require system calls or traps. UST instrumentation points may be added in any userspace code including signal handlers and libraries.

This package contains the Python 3.x UST agent.

There are three methods to install python3-lttngust 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 python3-lttngust Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-lttngust using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-lttngust

Install python3-lttngust Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-lttngust using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-lttngust

Install python3-lttngust 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 python3-lttngust using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-lttngust

How To Uninstall python3-lttngust on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-lttngust package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-lttngust

Uninstall python3-lttngust And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-lttngust and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lttngust

Remove python3-lttngust Configurations and Data

To remove python3-lttngust configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lttngust

Remove python3-lttngust configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-lttngust configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-lttngust

Dependencies

python3-lttngust have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lttngust package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.