How To Install bpfcc-tools 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 bpfcc-tools on Ubuntu.
What is bpfcc-tools
bpfcc-tools is:
BPF Compiler Collection (BCC) is a toolkit for creating efficient kernel tracing and manipulation programs
It makes use of extended BPF (Berkeley Package Filter) and provides tools for BPF based Linux IO analysis, networking, monitoring and more
This package provides the command-line tools and examples
There are three methods to install bpfcc-tools 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 bpfcc-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bpfcc-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bpfcc-tools
Install bpfcc-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bpfcc-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bpfcc-tools
Install bpfcc-tools 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 bpfcc-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bpfcc-tools
How To Uninstall bpfcc-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the bpfcc-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bpfcc-tools
Uninstall bpfcc-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bpfcc-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bpfcc-tools
Remove bpfcc-tools Configurations and Data
To remove bpfcc-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bpfcc-tools
Remove bpfcc-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bpfcc-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bpfcc-tools
Dependencies
bpfcc-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpfcc-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.