How To Install hotspot on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install hotspot in Fedora 36. hotspot is The Linux perf GUI for performance analysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hotspot on Fedora 36.

What is `hotspot`

A standalone GUI for performance data. Attempting to provide a UI like KCachegrind around Linux perf.

We can use yum or dnf to install hotspot on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hotspot.

Install hotspot on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install hotspot

Install hotspot on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install hotspot

How To Uninstall hotspot on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove hotspot

hotspot Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/hotspot
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/1e5cba0204cf067813d086095c51a70234ba6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/cc34d1f3e842264421b8f8de1954d3fd7de1f6
/usr/libexec/elevate_perf_privileges.sh
/usr/libexec/hotspot-perfparser
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/hotspot.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/hotspot.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/hotspot.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/hotspot.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/hotspot.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/hotspot.png
/usr/share/licenses/hotspot
/usr/share/licenses/hotspot/LICENSE.GPL.txt

References

hotspot website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hotspot on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).