How To Install pythontracer on Debian 10

Learn how to install pythontracer on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pythontracer is Python programs execution tracer and profiler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pythontracer on Debian 10.

What is pythontracer

pythontracer is:

Lets you see your Python program’s execution as a tree of function invocations, each tree node exposing the real time, and CPU time (user/sys) of that call.

This project consists of two main components: A Python tracer that can run your Python programs (much like “cProfile” and friends). A Gtk+ based GUI that can show the trace results.

It uses a tiny auxiliary library written for it “graphfile” to allow append-only writing and reading static DAG’s directly from file without reading it whole into memory at any stage.

There are three methods to install pythontracer on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pythontracer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pythontracer

Install pythontracer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pythontracer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pythontracer

Install pythontracer 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 pythontracer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pythontracer

How To Uninstall pythontracer on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pythontracer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pythontracer

Uninstall pythontracer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pythontracer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pythontracer

Remove pythontracer Configurations and Data

To remove pythontracer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pythontracer

Remove pythontracer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pythontracer

Dependencies

pythontracer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pythontracer package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.