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[ubuntu-dev] install perf #188
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Cc @whimboo |
Building from source should be much better (no need for Ubuntu's broken script and kernel-specific packages, latest stable I'd also like to know if |
Might be worth asking in the mozilla.dev.platform mailing list. |
On OVH1, you have to switch to the stock (non-OVH) kernel so we can install a correct version of perf tools. |
Installing Linux's
perf
tool could be useful to benchmark various software.I was able to install it in a container by doing this:
Note: By default,
apt
installs a dumb bash script in/usr/bin/perf
which totally fails to find theperf
binary that was installed at the same time. This is why I replace it with a direct symbolic link (also, I pick the first available folder in/usr/lib/linux-tools
, which is a bit hacky).Alternatively, we may want to build and install a more recent
perf
from source (it's fairly easy, and we have to hack Ubuntu's installation anyway).Also maybe it would be cleaner to add the installed
linux-tools
folder to the path instead of creating a symlink.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: