How to Install and Uninstall gperftools.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: January 08,2025

1. Install "gperftools.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gperftools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                gperftools.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gperftools.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall gperftools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                gperftools.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gperftools.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : gperftools
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.6.1
Release : 1.amzn2
Size : 4.2 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Very fast malloc and performance analysis tools
URL : http://code.google.com/p/gperftools/
License : BSD
Description : Perf Tools is a collection of performance analysis tools,
: including a high-performance multi-threaded malloc()
: implementation that works particularly well with threads and STL,
: a thread-friendly heap-checker, a heap profiler, and a
: cpu-profiler.
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: This is a metapackage which pulls in all of the gperftools (and
: pprof) binaries, libraries, and development headers, so that you
: can use them.