How To Install babeltrace2 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install babeltrace2 on Ubuntu.
What is babeltrace2
babeltrace2 is:
The Babeltrace 2 project offers a library with a C API, Python 3 bindings, and a command-line tool which makes it very easy for mere mortals to view, convert, transform, and analyze traces.
This package contains the “babeltrace2” command line tool.
There are three methods to install babeltrace2 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install babeltrace2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install babeltrace2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install babeltrace2
Install babeltrace2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install babeltrace2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install babeltrace2
Install babeltrace2 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 babeltrace2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install babeltrace2
How To Uninstall babeltrace2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the babeltrace2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove babeltrace2
Uninstall babeltrace2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall babeltrace2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove babeltrace2
Remove babeltrace2 Configurations and Data
To remove babeltrace2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge babeltrace2
Remove babeltrace2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove babeltrace2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge babeltrace2
Dependencies
babeltrace2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install babeltrace2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.