How To Install sysprof on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysprof on CentOS 7. sysprof is A system-wide Linux profiler

Introduction

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

What is sysprof

Sysprof is a sampling CPU profiler for Linux that collects accurate, high-precision data and provides efficient access to the sampled calltrees.

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

Install sysprof on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install sysprof

Install sysprof 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 sysprof using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sysprof

How To Uninstall sysprof on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove sysprof

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Summary

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