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This is a small guide to get started quickly with LTTng kernel and user
space tracing. For intermediate to advanced use cases and a more
thorough understanding of LTTng, see [Using LTTng](#doc-using-lttng) and
[Understanding LTTng](#doc-understanding-lttng).

Before reading this guide, make sure LTTng
[is installed](#doc-installing-lttng). You will at least need
LTTng-tools. Also install LTTng-modules for
[tracing the Linux kernel](#doc-tracing-the-linux-kernel) and LTTng-UST
for
[tracing your own user space applications](#doc-tracing-your-own-user-application).
When your traces are finally written and complete, the
[Viewing and analyzing your traces](#doc-viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces)
section of this chapter will help you do something useful with them.
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	5	This is a small guide to get started quickly with LTTng kernel and user
	6	space tracing. For intermediate to advanced use cases and a more
	7	thorough understanding of LTTng, see [Using LTTng](#doc-using-lttng) and
	8	[Understanding LTTng](#doc-understanding-lttng).
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	10	Before reading this guide, make sure LTTng
	11	[is installed](#doc-installing-lttng). You will at least need
	12	LTTng-tools. Also install LTTng-modules for
	13	[tracing the Linux kernel](#doc-tracing-the-linux-kernel) and LTTng-UST
	14	for
	15	[tracing your own user space applications](#doc-tracing-your-own-user-application).
	16	When your traces are finally written and complete, the
	17	[Viewing and analyzing your traces](#doc-viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces)
	18	section of this chapter will help you do something useful with them.