How To Install systemtap-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. systemtap-doc is documentation and examples for SystemTap

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is systemtap-doc

systemtap-doc is:

This package contains examples and documentation for SystemTap.

SystemTap provides infrastructure to simplify the gathering of information about the running Linux system.

There are three methods to install systemtap-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install systemtap-doc

Install systemtap-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install systemtap-doc

Install systemtap-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install systemtap-doc

How To Uninstall systemtap-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the systemtap-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove systemtap-doc

Uninstall systemtap-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall systemtap-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemtap-doc

Remove systemtap-doc Configurations and Data

To remove systemtap-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge systemtap-doc

Remove systemtap-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemtap-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.