How To Install eclipse-cdt-perf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-cdt-perf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eclipse-cdt-perf
eclipse-cdt-perf is:
‘perf’ is a performance counters subsystem in Linux. Performance counters are CPU hardware registers that count hardware events such as instructions executed and cache-misses suffered. These counters aid in profiling applications to detect hotspots in the application. ‘perf’ provides per task, per CPU and per-workload counters, sampling on top of these and source code event annotation.
The perf plug-in for Eclipse allows the developer to execute profiles in their applications in a seamless way, using quick launch actions and visualizing the results in an user-friendly interface.
There are three methods to install eclipse-cdt-perf on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install eclipse-cdt-perf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-cdt-perf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-cdt-perf
Install eclipse-cdt-perf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-cdt-perf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclipse-cdt-perf
Install eclipse-cdt-perf 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-cdt-perf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-cdt-perf
How To Uninstall eclipse-cdt-perf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eclipse-cdt-perf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclipse-cdt-perf
Uninstall eclipse-cdt-perf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclipse-cdt-perf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-cdt-perf
Remove eclipse-cdt-perf Configurations and Data
To remove eclipse-cdt-perf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-cdt-perf
Remove eclipse-cdt-perf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclipse-cdt-perf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-cdt-perf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-cdt-perf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
