How to Install and Uninstall perf Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "perf" package

Please follow the steps below to install perf on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                perf
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "perf" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall perf on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the perf package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package perf:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : perf
Version : 6.7.9-84.2
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 10.7 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : perf-6.7.9-84.2.src
Upstream URL : https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/
Summary : Performance Monitoring Tools for Linux
Description :
This package provides a userspace tool 'perf', which monitors performance for
either unmodified binaries or the entire system. It requires a Linux kernel
which includes the Performance Counters for Linux (PCL) subsystem (>= 2.6.31).
This subsystem utilizes the Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) / hardware
counters of the underlying cpu architecture (if supported).