How to Install and Uninstall xtrace Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "xtrace" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install xtrace on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xtrace
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xtrace" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xtrace on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xtrace
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xtrace package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: xtrace
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernhard R. Link
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 352
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: xauth
Filename: pool/universe/x/xtrace/xtrace_1.4.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 88360
MD5sum: d1c80775659f3861750df8ad4c4c3af7
SHA1: 795b652db1641afab5781b553e2a7d2113a1be39
SHA256: 8ac2aa4f50af5ce805bee91e10bd744c90c4f061b1bdd5e40403f6b8d287f602
SHA512: 7f4f56d69fccf5e1c7647e55da7bae45ddb82a56c1ba711f3ccc64faf203080eff0cf9d2d756c7fb1b045329439a863370e0183407fcd5d578f0e4876392b71f
Description-en: trace communication between X client and server
What strace is for system calls, xtrace is for X11 connections:
you hook it between one or more X11 clients and an X server and
it prints the requests going from client to server and the replies,
events and errors going the other way.
Description-md5: 13e6fec4d3d9392d97b7f477413c04de