My experience on installing xenoprof

Both xenoprof and oprofile website provides clear installation guideline.

So, this post shares the problems I had in the installation and the solutions.

Oprofile version: 0.9.5 (remember to patch xenoprof before you go on)

Ubuntu 12.10 with Xen 4

First, 

"./configure --with-kernel-support" because kernels > 2.6 include oprofile

During configuration, I got two problems.

1. 

   Problem:

      "popt library not found"

   Solution:

      apt-get install libpopt-dev

2. 

   Problem:

      "liberty library not found"

   Solution:

      apt-get install binutils-dev

Second,

"make"

I had one problem here,

3. 

   Problem:

      compiler is not happy with the "mutable" modifier at libpp/format_output.h line:94 

   Solution/workaround:

      "mutable"

Finally,

"make install"

I had no problem here! Yes. 

But, is everything OK? Let's type "opcontrol"

We got another problem:

4. 

   Problem:
      "/usr/local/bin/opcontrol: 567: Syntax error: Bad for loop variable"

   Solution:

      The first line in "/usr/local/bin/opcontrol" was "#!/bin/sh". Now make it "#!/bin/bash"

That's it. Enjoy profiling!

Ending picture: 

The Space Needle at Seattle, WA