perf-tools on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "perf-tools" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install perf-tools on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall perf-tools on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "perf-tools" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone perf-tools's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/perf-tools.git 
            
                        
                ~/perf-tools
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/perf-tools folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/perf-tools
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the perf-tools package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 436531
Name: perf-tools
PackageBaseID: 124889
PackageBase: perf-tools
Version: 1.0-1
Description: Performance analysis tools based on Linux perf_events (aka perf) and ftrace
URL: https://github.com/brendangregg/perf-tools
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0.368933
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: qubidt
Submitter: troyengel
FirstSubmitted: 1503012712
LastModified: 1503012712
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/perf-tools.tar.gz