How to Install google-perftools software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install google-perftools software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

google-perftools software package provides command line utilities to analyze the performance of C++ programs, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install google-perftools 

google-perftools is installed in your system.

Make ensure the google-perftools package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep google-perftools *

You will get with google-perftools package name, version, architecture and description in a table

google-perftools package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Development
Package google-perftools
Version 1.7-1ubuntu1
Description command line utilities to analyze the performance of C++ programs
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove google-perftools software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?