How to Install perf-tools on NetBSD

Perf-tools is a set of performance analysis tools for Linux systems. This guide will show you how to install perf-tools on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

• NetBSD Operating System installed on your machine.
• Git installed on your system.
• Root/sudo access on your machine.

Installation Steps

1. Open up a terminal on your NetBSD machine.

2. Install the pkgsrc package manager using the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/NetBSD/pkgsrc.git /usr/pkgsrc

3. Add the following path to your shell's $PATH configuration:

~/.profile

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin

4. Reload your shell profile by running:

$ source ~/.profile

5. Install the required dependencies for perf-tools using the following command:

$ sudo pkgin install -y autoconf automake libtool bison flex perl

5. Clone the perf-tools repository using the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/brendangregg/perf-tools.git

6. Navigate to the perf-tools directory that you just cloned:

$ cd perf-tools

7. Build and install perf-tools using the following command:

$ sudo make && sudo make install

8. Verify that perf-tools has been installed correctly by running:

$ perf -v

Conclusion

You have successfully installed perf-tools on your NetBSD machine. You can now use perf-tools command-line utilities to analyze and optimize the performance of your system.

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