How To Install systemtap-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-common on Kali Linux.

What is systemtap-common

systemtap-common is:

SystemTap provides infrastructure to simplify the gathering of
information about the running Linux system.

To be able to write new SystemTap probes, install systemtap package.

This package contains the common files

There are three methods to install systemtap-common on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install systemtap-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install systemtap-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install systemtap-common

Install systemtap-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install systemtap-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install systemtap-common

Install systemtap-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install systemtap-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install systemtap-common

How To Uninstall systemtap-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the systemtap-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove systemtap-common

Uninstall systemtap-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall systemtap-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemtap-common

Remove systemtap-common Configurations and Data

To remove systemtap-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge systemtap-common

Remove systemtap-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove systemtap-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemtap-common

Dependencies

systemtap-common have the following dependencies:

References

• systemtap-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.