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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY sysprof-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/sysprof/&sysprof-minor;/sysprof-&sysprof-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY sysprof-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/sysprof/&sysprof-minor;/sysprof-&sysprof-version;.tar.xz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY sysprof-md5sum "af4e88af759419ad19b196d1166de485">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY sysprof-size "508 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY sysprof-buildsize "48 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY sysprof-time "0.1 SBU (using parallelism=4)">
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| 13 |
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="sysprof" xreflabel="sysprof-&sysprof-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="sysprof.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <title>Sysprof-&sysprof-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <indexterm zone="sysprof">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-sysprof">sysprof</primary>
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| 24 | </indexterm>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 27 | <title>Introduction to Sysprof</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>
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| 30 | The <application>sysprof</application> package contains a statistical and
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| 31 | system-wide profiler for Linux.
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| 32 | </para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | &lfs113_checked;
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>
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| 40 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&sysprof-download-http;"/>
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| 41 | </para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&sysprof-download-ftp;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download MD5 sum: &sysprof-md5sum;
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download size: &sysprof-size;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Estimated disk space required: &sysprof-buildsize;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated build time: &sysprof-time;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | </itemizedlist>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Sysprof Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 73 | <para role="required">
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| 74 | <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>,
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| 75 | <xref linkend="gtk4"/>,
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| 76 | <xref linkend="itstool"/>,
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| 77 | <xref linkend="json-glib"/>,
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| 78 | <xref linkend="libadwaita1"/>,
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| 79 | <xref linkend="libdazzle"/>,
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| 80 | <xref linkend="libunwind"/>, <phrase revision="systemd">and</phrase>
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| 81 | <xref linkend="polkit"/> <phrase revision="sysv">, and</phrase>
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| 82 | <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/></phrase>
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| 83 | </para>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 86 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/sysprof"/>
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| 87 | </para>
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| 88 | </sect2>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 91 | <title>Installation of Sysprof</title>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <para>
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| 94 | Install <application>Sysprof</application> by running the following
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| 95 | commands:
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| 96 | </para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 99 | cd build &&
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| 100 |
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| 101 | meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Dsystemdunitdir=/tmp .. &&
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| 102 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 105 | cd build &&
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| 106 |
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| 107 | meson --prefix=/usr .. &&
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| 108 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <para>
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| 111 | To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>.
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| 112 | </para>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <para>
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| 115 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>ninja install &&
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| 119 | rm -v /tmp/*.service</userinput></screen>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | </sect2>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <sect2 role="commands" revision="sysv">
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| 126 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para>
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| 129 | <command>rm -v /tmp/*.service</command>: This command removes
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| 130 | systemd units which have no use on SysV systems.
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| 131 | </para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>
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| 134 | <parameter>-Dsystemdunitdir=/tmp</parameter>: This parameter puts systemd
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| 135 | units in /tmp on SysV systems so that they can be removed. It also bypasses
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| 136 | a check for systemd <!-- for sd-bus --> in the meson.build file.
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| 137 | </para>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | </sect2>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 142 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <segmentedlist>
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| 145 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 146 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 147 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <seglistitem>
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| 150 | <seg>
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| 151 | sysprof,
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| 152 | sysprof-agent, and
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| 153 | sysprof-cli
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| 154 | </seg>
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| 155 | <seg>
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| 156 | libsysprof-4.so,
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| 157 | libsysprof-capture-4.a, <!-- is required -->
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| 158 | libsysprof-memory-4.so,
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| 159 | libsysprof-speedtrack-4.so, and
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| 160 | libsysprof-ui-5.so
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| 161 | </seg>
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| 162 | <seg>
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| 163 | /usr/include/sysprof-4,
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| 164 | /usr/include/sysprof-ui-5, and
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| 165 | /usr/share/help/*/sysprof
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| 166 | </seg>
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| 167 | </seglistitem>
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| 168 | </segmentedlist>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <variablelist>
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| 171 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 172 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 173 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <varlistentry id="sysprof-prog">
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| 176 | <term><command>sysprof</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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| 178 | <para>
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| 179 | is a graphical interface to sysprof
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| 180 | </para>
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| 181 | <indexterm zone="sysprof sysprof-prog">
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| 182 | <primary sortas="b-sysprof">sysprof</primary>
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| 183 | </indexterm>
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| 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <varlistentry id="sysprof-agent">
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| 188 | <term><command>sysprof-agent</command></term>
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| 189 | <listitem>
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| 190 | <para>
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| 191 | is used to profile applications in containers
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| 192 | </para>
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| 193 | <indexterm zone="sysprof sysprof-agent">
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| 194 | <primary sortas="b-sysprof-agent">sysprof-agent</primary>
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| 195 | </indexterm>
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| 196 | </listitem>
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| 197 | </varlistentry>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <varlistentry id="sysprof-cli">
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| 200 | <term><command>sysprof-cli</command></term>
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| 201 | <listitem>
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| 202 | <para>
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| 203 | is a command line interface to sysprof
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| 204 | </para>
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| 205 | <indexterm zone="sysprof sysprof-cli">
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| 206 | <primary sortas="b-sysprof-cli">sysprof-cli</primary>
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| 207 | </indexterm>
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| 208 | </listitem>
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| 209 | </varlistentry>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <varlistentry id="libsysprof-4">
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| 212 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsysprof-4.so</filename></term>
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| 213 | <listitem>
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| 214 | <para>
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| 215 | provides API functions for profiling processes running on a system
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| 216 | </para>
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| 217 | <indexterm zone="sysprof libsysprof-4">
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| 218 | <primary sortas="c-libsysprof">libsysprof-4.so</primary>
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| 219 | </indexterm>
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| 220 | </listitem>
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| 221 | </varlistentry>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <!-- static library is required for capture stats from a process -->
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| 224 | <varlistentry id="libsysprof-capture-4">
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| 225 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsysprof-capture-4.a</filename></term>
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| 226 | <listitem>
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| 227 | <para>
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| 228 | provides a hook used to capture statistics from a process
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| 229 | </para>
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| 230 | <indexterm zone="sysprof libsysprof-capture-4">
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| 231 | <primary sortas="c-libsysprof-capture">libsysprof-capture-4.a</primary>
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| 232 | </indexterm>
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| 233 | </listitem>
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| 234 | </varlistentry>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <varlistentry id="libsysprof-memory-4">
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| 237 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsysprof-memory-4.so</filename></term>
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>
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| 240 | provides API functions for capturing memory statistics
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| 241 | </para>
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| 242 | <indexterm zone="sysprof libsysprof-memory-4">
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| 243 | <primary sortas="c-libsysprof-memory">libsysprof-memory-4.so</primary>
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| 244 | </indexterm>
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| 245 | </listitem>
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| 246 | </varlistentry>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <varlistentry id="libsysprof-speedtrack-4">
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| 249 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsysprof-speedtrack-4.so</filename></term>
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| 250 | <listitem>
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| 251 | <para>
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| 252 | provides API functions for tracking the speed of a running process
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| 253 | </para>
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| 254 | <indexterm zone="sysprof libsysprof-speedtrack-4">
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| 255 | <primary sortas="c-libsysprof-speedtrack">libsysprof-speedtrack-4.so</primary>
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| 256 | </indexterm>
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| 257 | </listitem>
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| 258 | </varlistentry>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <varlistentry id="libsysprof-ui-4">
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| 261 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsysprof-ui-4.so</filename></term>
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| 262 | <listitem>
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| 263 | <para>
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| 264 | provides API functions for the sysprof GUI
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| 265 | </para>
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| 266 | <indexterm zone="sysprof libsysprof-ui-4">
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| 267 | <primary sortas="c-libsysprof-ui">libsysprof-ui-4.so</primary>
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| 268 | </indexterm>
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| 269 | </listitem>
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| 270 | </varlistentry>
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| 271 | </variablelist>
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| 272 | </sect2>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | </sect1>
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