Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blktrace on Kali Linux.
What is blktrace
blktrace is:
blktrace is a block layer IO tracing mechanism which provides detailed
information about request queue operations up to user space. There are
three major components that are provided:
blktrace: A utility which transfers event traces from the kernel
into either long-term on-disk storage, or provides direct formatted
output (via blkparse).
blkparse: A utility which formats events stored in files, or when
run in live mode directly outputs data collected by blktrace.
iowatcher: A utility to visualize block I/O patterns. It generates graphs
from blktrace runs to help visualize IO patterns and performance. It can
plot multiple blktrace runs together, making it easy to compare the
differences between different benchmark runs.
There are three methods to install blktrace 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 blktrace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install blktrace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blktraceInstall blktrace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blktrace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blktraceInstall blktrace 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 blktrace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blktrace
How To Uninstall blktrace on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the blktrace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blktrace
Uninstall blktrace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blktrace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blktrace
Remove blktrace Configurations and Data
To remove blktrace configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blktrace
Remove blktrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blktrace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blktrace
Dependencies
blktrace have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blktrace package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
