How To Install kernelshark on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernelshark
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is kernelshark
kernelshark 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 kernelshark
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 kernelshark Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kernelshark
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kernelshark
Install kernelshark Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kernelshark
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kernelshark
Install kernelshark 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 kernelshark
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kernelshark
How To Uninstall kernelshark on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the kernelshark
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kernelshark
Uninstall kernelshark And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kernelshark
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kernelshark
Remove kernelshark Configurations and Data
To remove kernelshark
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kernelshark
Remove kernelshark configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kernelshark
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kernelshark
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernelshark
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.