How To Install pcm on Debian 12

Learn how to install pcm on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pcm is tools for Intel-specific processor performance and energy metrics

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.