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As [previously stated](#doc-installing-lttng), LTTng is shipped as
three packages: LTTng-tools, LTTng-modules and LTTng-UST. LTTng-tools
contains everything needed to control tracing sessions, while
LTTng-modules is only needed for Linux kernel tracing and LTTng-UST is
only needed for user space tracing.

The tarballs are available in the
<a href="http://lttng.org/download#build-from-source" class="ext">Download
section</a> of the LTTng website.

Please refer to the `README.md` files provided by each package to
properly build and install them.

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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.
	17
	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>