How To Install gprof2dot on Fedora 34

gprof2dot is Generate dot graphs from the output of several profilers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gprof2dot on Fedora 34.

What is gprof2dot

This is a Python script to convert the output from prof, gprof, oprofile, Shark, AQtime, and python profilers into a dot graph. It has the following features * can correctly parse C++ template function names * allows to prune nodes and edges below a certain threshold * uses an heuristic to propagate time inside mutually recursive functions * uses color efficiently to draw attention to hot-spots

We can use yum or dnf to install gprof2dot on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gprof2dot.

Install gprof2dot on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install gprof2dot using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gprof2dot

Install gprof2dot on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install gprof2dot using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gprof2dot

How To Uninstall gprof2dot on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the gprof2dot package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gprof2dot

gprof2dot Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/gprof2dot
/usr/share/doc/gprof2dot
/usr/share/doc/gprof2dot/README.md
/usr/share/doc/gprof2dot/sample.png
/usr/share/doc/gprof2dot/schema.json
/usr/share/licenses/gprof2dot
/usr/share/licenses/gprof2dot/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gprof2dot on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.