How To Install kernelshark 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 kernelshark on Ubuntu.

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. 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

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, 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 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

Dependencies

kernelshark have the following dependencies:

References

kernelshark website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernelshark package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.