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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY sysprof-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/sysprof/&sysprof-minor;/sysprof-&sysprof-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY sysprof-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/sysprof/&sysprof-minor;/sysprof-&sysprof-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY sysprof-md5sum "ee1556063c7b8d9abd414f451b04c33a">
10 <!ENTITY sysprof-size "524 KB">
11 <!ENTITY sysprof-buildsize "27 MB">
12 <!ENTITY sysprof-time "0.1 SBU (using parallelism=4)">
13
14]>
15
16<sect1 id="sysprof" xreflabel="sysprof-&sysprof-version;">
17 <?dbhtml filename="sysprof.html"?>
18
19
20 <title>Sysprof-&sysprof-version;</title>
21
22 <indexterm zone="sysprof">
23 <primary sortas="a-sysprof">sysprof</primary>
24 </indexterm>
25
26 <sect2 role="package">
27 <title>Introduction to Sysprof</title>
28
29 <para>
30 The <application>sysprof</application> package contains a statistical and
31 system-wide profiler for Linux.
32 </para>
33
34 &lfs113_checked;
35
36 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
37 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
38 <listitem>
39 <para>
40 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&sysprof-download-http;"/>
41 </para>
42 </listitem>
43 <listitem>
44 <para>
45 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&sysprof-download-ftp;"/>
46 </para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>
50 Download MD5 sum: &sysprof-md5sum;
51 </para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>
55 Download size: &sysprof-size;
56 </para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>
60 Estimated disk space required: &sysprof-buildsize;
61 </para>
62 </listitem>
63 <listitem>
64 <para>
65 Estimated build time: &sysprof-time;
66 </para>
67 </listitem>
68 </itemizedlist>
69
70 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Sysprof Dependencies</bridgehead>
71
72 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
73 <para role="required">
74 <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>,
75 <xref linkend="gtk4"/>,
76 <xref linkend="itstool"/>,
77 <xref linkend="json-glib"/>,
78 <xref linkend="libadwaita1"/>,
79 <xref linkend="libdazzle"/>,
80 <xref linkend="libunwind"/>, <phrase revision="systemd">and</phrase>
81 <xref linkend="polkit"/> <phrase revision="sysv">, and</phrase>
82 <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/></phrase>
83 </para>
84
85 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
86 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/sysprof"/>
87 </para>
88 </sect2>
89
90 <sect2 role="installation">
91 <title>Installation of Sysprof</title>
92
93 <para>
94 Install <application>Sysprof</application> by running the following
95 commands:
96 </para>
97
98<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
99cd build &amp;&amp;
100
101meson setup --prefix=/usr \
102 --buildtype=release \
103 -Dsystemdunitdir=/tmp \
104 .. &amp;&amp;
105ninja</userinput></screen>
106
107<screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
108cd build &amp;&amp;
109
110meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &amp;&amp;
111ninja</userinput></screen>
112
113 <para>
114 To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>.
115 </para>
116
117 <para>
118 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
119 </para>
120
121<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>ninja install &amp;&amp;
122rm -v /tmp/*.service</userinput></screen>
123
124<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
125
126 </sect2>
127
128 <sect2 role="commands" revision="sysv">
129 <title>Command Explanations</title>
130
131 <para>
132 <command>rm -v /tmp/*.service</command>: This command removes
133 systemd units which have no use on SysV systems.
134 </para>
135
136 <para>
137 <parameter>-Dsystemdunitdir=/tmp</parameter>: This parameter puts systemd
138 units in /tmp on SysV systems so that they can be removed. It also bypasses
139 a check for systemd <!-- for sd-bus --> in the meson.build file.
140 </para>
141
142 </sect2>
143
144 <sect2 role="content">
145 <title>Contents</title>
146
147 <segmentedlist>
148 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
149 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
150 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
151
152 <seglistitem>
153 <seg>
154 sysprof,
155 sysprof-agent, and
156 sysprof-cli
157 </seg>
158 <seg>
159 libsysprof-4.so,
160 libsysprof-capture-4.a, <!-- is required -->
161 libsysprof-memory-4.so,
162 libsysprof-speedtrack-4.so, and
163 libsysprof-ui-5.so
164 </seg>
165 <seg>
166 /usr/include/sysprof-4,
167 /usr/include/sysprof-ui-5, and
168 /usr/share/help/*/sysprof
169 </seg>
170 </seglistitem>
171 </segmentedlist>
172
173 <variablelist>
174 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
175 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
176 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
177
178 <varlistentry id="sysprof-prog">
179 <term><command>sysprof</command></term>
180 <listitem>
181 <para>
182 is a graphical interface to sysprof
183 </para>
184 <indexterm zone="sysprof sysprof-prog">
185 <primary sortas="b-sysprof">sysprof</primary>
186 </indexterm>
187 </listitem>
188 </varlistentry>
189
190 <varlistentry id="sysprof-agent">
191 <term><command>sysprof-agent</command></term>
192 <listitem>
193 <para>
194 is used to profile applications in containers
195 </para>
196 <indexterm zone="sysprof sysprof-agent">
197 <primary sortas="b-sysprof-agent">sysprof-agent</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry id="sysprof-cli">
203 <term><command>sysprof-cli</command></term>
204 <listitem>
205 <para>
206 is a command line interface to sysprof
207 </para>
208 <indexterm zone="sysprof sysprof-cli">
209 <primary sortas="b-sysprof-cli">sysprof-cli</primary>
210 </indexterm>
211 </listitem>
212 </varlistentry>
213
214 <varlistentry id="libsysprof-4">
215 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsysprof-4.so</filename></term>
216 <listitem>
217 <para>
218 provides API functions for profiling processes running on a system
219 </para>
220 <indexterm zone="sysprof libsysprof-4">
221 <primary sortas="c-libsysprof">libsysprof-4.so</primary>
222 </indexterm>
223 </listitem>
224 </varlistentry>
225
226 <!-- static library is required for capture stats from a process -->
227 <varlistentry id="libsysprof-capture-4">
228 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsysprof-capture-4.a</filename></term>
229 <listitem>
230 <para>
231 provides a hook used to capture statistics from a process
232 </para>
233 <indexterm zone="sysprof libsysprof-capture-4">
234 <primary sortas="c-libsysprof-capture">libsysprof-capture-4.a</primary>
235 </indexterm>
236 </listitem>
237 </varlistentry>
238
239 <varlistentry id="libsysprof-memory-4">
240 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsysprof-memory-4.so</filename></term>
241 <listitem>
242 <para>
243 provides API functions for capturing memory statistics
244 </para>
245 <indexterm zone="sysprof libsysprof-memory-4">
246 <primary sortas="c-libsysprof-memory">libsysprof-memory-4.so</primary>
247 </indexterm>
248 </listitem>
249 </varlistentry>
250
251 <varlistentry id="libsysprof-speedtrack-4">
252 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsysprof-speedtrack-4.so</filename></term>
253 <listitem>
254 <para>
255 provides API functions for tracking the speed of a running process
256 </para>
257 <indexterm zone="sysprof libsysprof-speedtrack-4">
258 <primary sortas="c-libsysprof-speedtrack">libsysprof-speedtrack-4.so</primary>
259 </indexterm>
260 </listitem>
261 </varlistentry>
262
263 <varlistentry id="libsysprof-ui-4">
264 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsysprof-ui-4.so</filename></term>
265 <listitem>
266 <para>
267 provides API functions for the sysprof GUI
268 </para>
269 <indexterm zone="sysprof libsysprof-ui-4">
270 <primary sortas="c-libsysprof-ui">libsysprof-ui-4.so</primary>
271 </indexterm>
272 </listitem>
273 </varlistentry>
274 </variablelist>
275 </sect2>
276
277</sect1>
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