How To Install mutextrace on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mutextrace on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mutextrace
mutextrace is:
This tool displays mutexes locked and unlocked during execution of a program, and can provide hints for debugging multithreaded applications. As it is fairly lightweight and easy to use, it is ideal at the start of a debugging session or when only limited resources are available.
It cannot detect data races as it only looks at the synchronisation primitives themselves; if you need that, use helgrind (in the valgrind package) instead.
There are three methods to install mutextrace 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 mutextrace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mutextrace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mutextrace
Install mutextrace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mutextrace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mutextrace
Install mutextrace 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 mutextrace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mutextrace
How To Uninstall mutextrace on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mutextrace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mutextrace
Uninstall mutextrace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mutextrace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mutextrace
Remove mutextrace Configurations and Data
To remove mutextrace configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mutextrace
Remove mutextrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mutextrace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mutextrace
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mutextrace package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
