How To Install systemtap-runtime on Debian 12

Learn how to install systemtap-runtime on Debian 12 with this tutorial. systemtap-runtime is instrumentation system for Linux (runtime component)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-runtime on Debian 12.

What is systemtap-runtime

systemtap-runtime is:

This package contains staprun program that can be used to run compiled SystemTap probes.

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.

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

sudo apt-get -y install systemtap-runtime

Install systemtap-runtime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install systemtap-runtime

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

sudo aptitude -y install systemtap-runtime

How To Uninstall systemtap-runtime on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove systemtap-runtime

Uninstall systemtap-runtime And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemtap-runtime

Remove systemtap-runtime Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge systemtap-runtime

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

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

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

Dependencies

systemtap-runtime have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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