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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "xtrace" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install xtrace on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall xtrace on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xtrace
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 336
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernhard R. Link
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Suggests: xauth
Filename: pool/universe/x/xtrace/xtrace_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 99962
MD5sum: bf2f68cbbd6dafeb145be1f5ae10e20c
SHA1: c492cd97b1cc8c5773f8f110c0297745cb3de221
SHA256: 3da445579b9bf06b10b9144c57db12773b2e30d70cd030c8c67384e21f703860
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
Homepage: http://xtrace.alioth.debian.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu