How To Install traceshark 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 traceshark on Ubuntu.
What is traceshark
traceshark is:
The trace can be collected using trace-cmd or perf. It can be used to visualize the following events: cpu_frequency cpu_idle sched_migrate_task sched_process_exit sched_process_fork sched_switch sched_wakeup sched_wakeup_new sched_waking
There are three methods to install traceshark 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 traceshark Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install traceshark using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install traceshark
Install traceshark Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install traceshark using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install traceshark
Install traceshark 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 traceshark using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install traceshark
How To Uninstall traceshark on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the traceshark package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove traceshark
Uninstall traceshark And Its Dependencies
To uninstall traceshark and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove traceshark
Remove traceshark Configurations and Data
To remove traceshark configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge traceshark
Remove traceshark configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove traceshark configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge traceshark
Dependencies
traceshark have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install traceshark package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.