Perf-Tools is a collection of performance analysis tools that can be used to debug Linux applications. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Perf-Tools on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before you start, make sure the following dependencies are installed on your system:
You can install them using the following command:
sudo zypper install git make gcc kernel-devel zlib-devel
To install Perf-Tools on OpenSUSE Latest, follow these steps:
git clone https://github.com/brendangregg/perf-tools.git
cd perf-tools
sudo ./build
sudo /usr/bin/perf
To use Perf-Tools, you can run various commands from the terminal. For example, the following command will display a list of running processes and their associated CPU usage:
sudo /usr/bin/perf top
You can also use Perf-Tools in conjunction with other Linux commands to obtain more detailed information about system-related events. For example, the following command will display a histogram of processor cycles by process ID:
sudo /usr/bin/perf stat -e cycles -p `pidof <process name>`
In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install Perf-Tools on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use Perf-Tools to debug and monitor Linux applications to improve their performance.
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