How To Install trace-cmd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-cmd on Kali Linux.

What is trace-cmd

trace-cmd is:

This package contains the trace-cmd utility. Trace-cmd makes it easy to retrieve and analyze function traces from the Linux kernel while it is running.

There are three methods to install trace-cmd on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install trace-cmd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install trace-cmd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install trace-cmd

Install trace-cmd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install trace-cmd

Install trace-cmd Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install trace-cmd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install trace-cmd

How To Uninstall trace-cmd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the trace-cmd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove trace-cmd

Uninstall trace-cmd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall trace-cmd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trace-cmd

Remove trace-cmd Configurations and Data

To remove trace-cmd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge trace-cmd

Remove trace-cmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trace-cmd

Dependencies

trace-cmd have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• trace-cmd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-cmd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.