How To Install pcm on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcm
on Debian 12.
What is pcm
pcm is:
Processor Counter Monitor is a set of tools to access various performance metrics provided by newer Intel processors. Such metrics include:
- instructions per cycle
- core frequencies
- memory/interconnect/PCIe bandwidth
- cache misses and utilization
- time spent in C-states
- thermal headroom
- energy consumption
- NUMA accesses and more.
There are three methods to install pcm
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pcm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pcm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pcm
Install pcm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pcm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pcm
Install pcm Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pcm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pcm
How To Uninstall pcm on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pcm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pcm
Uninstall pcm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pcm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcm
Remove pcm Configurations and Data
To remove pcm
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pcm
Remove pcm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pcm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcm
Dependencies
pcm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcm
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.