How To Install libtraceevent-dev 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 libtraceevent-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libtraceevent-dev
libtraceevent-dev is:
The libtraceevent library provides APIs to access kernel tracepoint events, located in the tracefs file system under the events directory.
This package is needed to compile programs against libtraceevent1.
There are three methods to install libtraceevent-dev 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 libtraceevent-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtraceevent-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtraceevent-dev
Install libtraceevent-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtraceevent-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtraceevent-dev
Install libtraceevent-dev 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 libtraceevent-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtraceevent-dev
How To Uninstall libtraceevent-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libtraceevent-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtraceevent-dev
Uninstall libtraceevent-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtraceevent-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtraceevent-dev
Remove libtraceevent-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtraceevent-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtraceevent-dev
Remove libtraceevent-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtraceevent-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtraceevent-dev
Dependencies
libtraceevent-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtraceevent-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.