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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "systemtap-runtime" package

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

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install systemtap-runtime

2. Uninstall "systemtap-runtime" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall systemtap-runtime on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove systemtap-runtime $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the systemtap-runtime package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: systemtap-runtime
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 419
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Architecture: amd64
Source: systemtap
Version: 2.9-2ubuntu2
Replaces: systemtap (<< 0.0.20081220-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), 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 (>= 3.12.0~1.9b1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), adduser
Suggests: systemtap
Breaks: systemtap (<< 0.0.20081220-1)
Filename: pool/universe/s/systemtap/systemtap-runtime_2.9-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 104570
MD5sum: d46337c9da58962cf96ae02ba665760c
SHA1: 208c1cf871ef3135c009a459aeed8df5cb6f94c6
SHA256: 3fcac622edc590833cab3f9f274f02c07ad943957e7bb99097ecceb2616f7ef1
Description-en: instrumentation system for Linux (runtime component)
This package contains staprun program that can be used to run
compiled SystemTap probes.
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SystemTap provides infrastructure to simplify the gathering of
information about the running Linux system.
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To be able to write new SystemTap probes, install systemtap package.
Description-md5: 3b8442240972060b39c7cabf63a3eb04
Homepage: http://sourceware.org/systemtap/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu