How to Install and Uninstall libpfm4 Package on openSUSE Leap

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libpfm4" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libpfm4 on openSUSE Leap


    
        
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                libpfm4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpfm4" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libpfm4 on openSUSE Leap:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the libpfm4 package on openSUSE Leap

Information for package libpfm4:
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Repository : Main Repository
Name : libpfm4
Version : 4.12.0-150500.1.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : SUSE LLC
Installed Size : 2.6 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : libpfm-4.12.0-150500.1.1.src
Upstream URL : https://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/
Summary : Runtime library to encode performance events for use by perf tool
Description :
This package provides a library that can be used to encode events into the
format required by the operating systems performance monitoring subsystem.
The library does not make any performance monitoring system calls, it simply
provides a method to convert an event name, expressed as a string, to an event
encoding. The user of the library may use this event encoding in a subsequent
system call.
The current libpfm4 provides support for the perf_events interface which was
introduced in Linux v2.6.31.