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2 | id: building-from-source | |
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5 | As [previously stated](#doc-installing-lttng), LTTng is shipped as | |
6 | three packages: LTTng-tools, LTTng-modules and LTTng-UST. LTTng-tools | |
7 | contains everything needed to control tracing sessions, while | |
8 | LTTng-modules is only needed for Linux kernel tracing and LTTng-UST is | |
9 | only needed for user space tracing. | |
10 | ||
11 | The tarballs are available in the | |
12 | <a href="http://lttng.org/download#build-from-source" class="ext">Download | |
13 | section</a> of the LTTng website. | |
14 | ||
15 | Please refer to the `README.md` files provided by each package to | |
16 | properly build and install them. | |
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18 | <div class="tip"> | |
19 | <p> | |
20 | <span class="t">Tip:</span>The aforementioned <code>README.md</code> files | |
21 | are rendered as rich text when | |
22 | <a href="https://github.com/lttng" class="ext">viewed on GitHub</a>. | |
23 | </p> | |
24 | </div> |