How To Install xtrace on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xtrace
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xtrace
xtrace is:
What strace is for system calls, xtrace is for X11 connections: you hook it between one or more X11 clients and an X server and it prints the requests going from client to server and the replies, events and errors going the other way.
There are three methods to install xtrace
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xtrace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xtrace
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xtrace
Install xtrace Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xtrace
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xtrace
Install xtrace 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 xtrace
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xtrace
How To Uninstall xtrace on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xtrace
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xtrace
Uninstall xtrace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xtrace
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xtrace
Remove xtrace Configurations and Data
To remove xtrace
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xtrace
Remove xtrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xtrace
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xtrace
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xtrace
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.