Installing Performance Co-Pilot on Windows 10

Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) is an open-source toolkit for monitoring and managing system performance on Unix/Linux systems. However, it can also be installed on Windows 10, and this tutorial will guide you through the installation process.

Prerequisites

Before installing Performance Co-Pilot, you need to have the following software installed on your system:

Steps

  1. Download the PCP source code in a zip file or clone the repository using Git:
git clone https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp.git
  1. Extract the zip file to a directory of your choice.

  2. Open a Command Prompt window and navigate to the directory where you extracted the PCP source code.

  3. Run the following command to build the PCP binaries:

python tools/winbuild.py
  1. After the build process completes, navigate to the exports\pcp directory.

  2. Run the following command to register the PCP performance metrics:

python register.py
  1. You can now start using Performance Co-Pilot on Windows 10.

Conclusion

That's it! By following these steps, you should now have successfully installed Performance Co-Pilot on your Windows 10 system. You can start using PCP to monitor and manage your system's performance.

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