How To Install pcm on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcm on Ubuntu.

What is `pcm`

pcm is:

Processor Counter Monitor is a set of tools to access various performance metrics provided by newer Intel processors. Such metrics include:

instructions per cycle
core frequencies
memory/interconnect/PCIe bandwidth
cache misses and utilization
time spent in C-states
thermal headroom
energy consumption
NUMA accesses and more.

There are three methods to install pcm on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pcm Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pcm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pcm

Install pcm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pcm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pcm

Install pcm 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 pcm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pcm

How To Uninstall pcm on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove pcm

Uninstall pcm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pcm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcm

Remove pcm Configurations and Data

To remove pcm configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pcm

Remove pcm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pcm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcm

Dependencies

pcm have the following dependencies:

References

pcm website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcm package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.