LTTng Trace Control
----------------
-Please visit http://lttng.org for more information.
+Please visit https://lttng.org for more information. The current maintainer is
+David Goulet <dgoulet@efficios.com>.
Latest development can be found at:
- * Gitweb : http://git.lttng.org/lttng-tools.git/
+ * Gitweb : https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=summary
* Git : git://git.lttng.org/lttng-tools.git
REQUIREMENTS:
- Linux kernel >= 2.6.27
- pipe2(), epoll_create1() and SOCK_CLOEXEC are needed to run the session
- daemon. There were introduce in the Linux 2.6.27
+ For epoll() support, at least this version is needed. However, poll() is
+ also supported by running "./configure --disable-epoll". Using that, the
+ kernel version can probably be older but we can't provide any guarantee.
+ Please let us know if you are able to go lower without any problems.
- liburcu
Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney
- -> Tested with liburcu >= v0.6.6
+ -> Tested with liburcu 0.7.x stable.
* Debian/Ubuntu package: liburcu-dev
* Git : git://git.lttng.org/userspace-rcu.git
- * Website: http://lttng.org/urcu
+ * Website: https://lttng.org/urcu
- libpopt >= 1.13
Library for parsing command line parameters
* Debian/Ubuntu package: libpopt-dev
+ - Perl (optional)
+ Needed for make check and tests.
+
+ - Python >= 3.0 (optional)
+ Needed for make check and tests.
+
+ * Debian/Ubuntu package: python3
+
+ - SWIG >= 2.0 (optional)
+ Needed for Python bindings (--enable-python-bindings).
+
+ * Debian/Ubuntu package: swig2.0
+
+ - python-dev (optional)
+ Python headers
+
+ * Debian/Ubuntu package: python3-dev
+
- For kernel tracing: modprobe
+ - bash
+ Needed for running "make check".
+
For developers using the git tree:
This source tree is based on the autotools suite from GNU to simplify
- GNU autotools (automake >=1.10, autoconf >=2.50, autoheader >=2.50)
(make sure your system wide "automake" points to a recent version!)
- GNU Libtool >=2.2
- (for more information, go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
-- GNU Gold >= 2.22
- (Before this version we hit a known bug documented at:
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11317)
+ (for more information, go to https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
- flex >= 2.5.35
- bison >= 2.4
+If you use GNU gold, which is NOT mandatory, make sure you have this version:
+- GNU gold >= 2.22
+(Before this version we hit a known bug documented at:
+ http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11317)
+Be advise that with GNU gold, you'll might have to specify -L/usr/local/lib in
+LDFLAGS.
+
If you get the tree from the repository, you will need to use the "bootstrap"
-script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare the
-tree configuration.
+script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare
+the tree configuration.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
- Download, compile and install the prerequisites.
Then:
+ $ ./boostrap
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
If compiling from the git repository, run ./bootstrap before running
the configure script, to generate it.
+ If you want Python bindings, run ./configure --enable-python-bindings.
+ Please note that some distributions will need the following
+ environment variables set before running configure:
+
+ export PYTHON="python3"
+ export PYTHON_CONFIG="/usr/bin/python3-config"
+
USAGE:
Please see doc/quickstart.txt to help you start tracing. You can also use the
A network streaming HOWTO can be found in doc/streaming-howto.txt which quickly
helps you understand how to stream a LTTng 2.0 trace.
+A Python HOWTO can be found in doc/python-howto.txt which quickly
+helps you understand how to use the Python module to control the LTTng API.
+
PACKAGE CONTENTS:
This package contains the following elements:
- - liblttng-ctl
+ - liblttng-ctl (public API)
The LTTng tracing control library.
- libsessiond-comm (internal)
- lttng
The LTTng tracer command line control tool.
- - include (lttng.h --> installed in $(includedir)/lttng/lttng.h)
+ - include (installed in $(includedir)/lttng/)
The liblttngctl API header file.
- tests
Various documentations and quickstart guide.
- extras
- Contains extra data such as bash completion file.
+ Contains extra data such as bash completion file. Python bindings for
+ liblttng-ctl are also available there.
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