How To Install libsysprof-4 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 libsysprof-4 on Ubuntu.
What is libsysprof-4
libsysprof-4 is:
Sysprof is a sampling CPU profiler that uses a ptrace in Linux kernel to profile the entire system, not just a single application. Sysprof handles shared libraries and applications do not need to be recompiled. In fact they don’t even have to be restarted.
This package provides the shared library.
There are three methods to install libsysprof-4 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 libsysprof-4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsysprof-4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsysprof-4
Install libsysprof-4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsysprof-4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsysprof-4
Install libsysprof-4 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 libsysprof-4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsysprof-4
How To Uninstall libsysprof-4 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libsysprof-4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsysprof-4
Uninstall libsysprof-4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsysprof-4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsysprof-4
Remove libsysprof-4 Configurations and Data
To remove libsysprof-4 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsysprof-4
Remove libsysprof-4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsysprof-4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsysprof-4
Dependencies
libsysprof-4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsysprof-4 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.