How To Install systemtap-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is systemtap-common
systemtap-common is:
SystemTap provides infrastructure to simplify the gathering of information about the running Linux system.
To be able to write new SystemTap probes, install systemtap package.
This package contains the common files
There are three methods to install systemtap-common 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 systemtap-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install systemtap-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install systemtap-common
Install systemtap-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install systemtap-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install systemtap-common
Install systemtap-common 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 systemtap-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install systemtap-common
How To Uninstall systemtap-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the systemtap-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove systemtap-common
Uninstall systemtap-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall systemtap-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemtap-common
Remove systemtap-common Configurations and Data
To remove systemtap-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge systemtap-common
Remove systemtap-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove systemtap-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemtap-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
