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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "systemtap" package

This guide let you learn how to install systemtap on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall systemtap on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: systemtap
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 2741
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9-2ubuntu2
Depends: systemtap-runtime (= 2.9-2ubuntu2), libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.15), libdw1 (>= 0.158), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libnspr4 (>= 2:4.9-2~) | libnspr4-0d (>= 1.8.0.10), libnss3 (>= 2:3.13.4-2~) | libnss3-1d (>= 3.12.6), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), systemtap-common (= 2.9-2ubuntu2), make
Suggests: systemtap-doc, vim-addon-manager
Filename: pool/universe/s/systemtap/systemtap_2.9-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 914942
MD5sum: 4b26294b75a4fc5fe36c2067b9b089ff
SHA1: 0602c4004d997b10d94bf77fc29bd803a6727455
SHA256: 0ce7343b2b0ce54fce6aadf2a516402f05431b039b03081012f3ac165361d0b3
Description-en: instrumentation system for Linux
SystemTap provides infrastructure to simplify the gathering of
information about the running Linux system.
This assists diagnosis of a performance or functional problem.
SystemTap eliminates the need for the developer to go through the
tedious and disruptive instrument, recompile, install, and reboot
sequence that may be otherwise required to collect data.
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SystemTap provides a simple command line interface and scripting
language for writing instrumentation for a live running system.
Description-md5: 0aaa66102baf710a00ed98dc88fd7534
Homepage: http://sourceware.org/systemtap/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu