How To Install pythontracer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pythontracer on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pythontracer
Remove pythontracer Configurations and Data
To remove pythontracer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pythontracer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
