How To Install trace-cmd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-cmd on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 trace-cmd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install trace-cmd
How To Uninstall trace-cmd on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-cmd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
