How To Install pprof on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pprof on CentOS 7. pprof is CPU and Heap Profiler tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pprof on CentOS 7.

What is pprof

Pprof is a heap and CPU profiler tool, part of the gperftools suite.

We can use yum or dnf to install pprof on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pprof.

Install pprof on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install pprof

Install pprof on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install pprof

How To Uninstall pprof on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pprof

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pprof on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.