How To Install systemtap-sdt-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-sdt-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. systemtap-sdt-dev is statically defined probes development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-sdt-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is systemtap-sdt-dev

systemtap-sdt-dev is:

This package contains header file and executable (dtrace) that can be used to add static probes into userspace applications for use with SystemTap.

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-sdt-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-sdt-dev 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-sdt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install systemtap-sdt-dev

Install systemtap-sdt-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install systemtap-sdt-dev

Install systemtap-sdt-dev 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-sdt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install systemtap-sdt-dev

How To Uninstall systemtap-sdt-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove systemtap-sdt-dev

Uninstall systemtap-sdt-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall systemtap-sdt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemtap-sdt-dev

Remove systemtap-sdt-dev Configurations and Data

To remove systemtap-sdt-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge systemtap-sdt-dev

Remove systemtap-sdt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemtap-sdt-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-sdt-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.