How to Install and Uninstall kernelshark Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "kernelshark" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install kernelshark on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall kernelshark on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kernelshark
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kernelshark package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: kernelshark
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 2466
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: trace-cmd
Version: 2.5.3-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.18.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Recommends: trace-cmd
Filename: pool/universe/t/trace-cmd/kernelshark_2.5.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1148756
MD5sum: 0a8b2194d44799b2bd2ffebe4badb602
SHA1: a07e3170389d9cc9d16b6a25fb8276962086ab0b
SHA256: 89ee94061220b264e9f56ff6dd9152b79015e417058461fb169ee59dff352809
Description-en: Utilities for graphically analyzing function tracing in the kernel
This package contains the kernelshark, trace-view, and trace-graph programs.
Data for analysis may be generated by the trace-cmd utility.
Description-md5: 18e338c257c630d2e167426b7e49644c
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu