# Installing Linux performance monitoring tools on Jetson TX2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Jetson TX2\ **Created:** [May 17, 2018, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/installing-linux-performance-monitoring-tools-on-jetson-tx2/61365 "2018-05-17T09:20:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ramuk\_nitaj](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@ramuk\_nitaj](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/ramuk_nitaj)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/installing-linux-performance-monitoring-tools-on-jetson-tx2/61365/1 "2018-05-17T09:20:26Z")
How do I install perf monitoring tool on Jeston TX2? It’s a Linux kernel tool, I tried installing linux-tools-4.4.15-tegra but the package isn’t available. ---
**Author:** ![carolyuu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/carolyuu/32/14043_2.png) [@carolyuu](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/carolyuu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/installing-linux-performance-monitoring-tools-on-jetson-tx2/61365/2 "2018-05-24T06:17:44Z")
Hi ramuk\_nitaj, Which JetPack version are you installing on tx2? Please share your steps and error log. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![JamesL](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@JamesL](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/JamesL)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/installing-linux-performance-monitoring-tools-on-jetson-tx2/61365/3 "2018-05-30T14:11:22Z")
I’ve run into this as well with JetPack 3.2 on a TX2. ```auto nvidia@tegra-ubuntu:~$ perf WARNING: perf not found for kernel 4.4.38 You may need to install the following packages for this specific kernel: linux-tools-4.4.38-tegra linux-cloud-tools-4.4.38-tegra You may also want to install one of the following packages to keep up to date: linux-tools-tegra linux-cloud-tools-tegra nvidia@tegra-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt install linux-tools-4.4.38-tegra Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package linux-tools-4.4.38-tegra E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-tools-4.4.38-tegra' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-tools-4.4.38-tegra' ``` ---
**Author:** ![Honey\_Patouceul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/honey_patouceul/32/389777_2.png) [@Honey\_Patouceul](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/Honey_Patouceul)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/installing-linux-performance-monitoring-tools-on-jetson-tx2/61365/4 "2018-05-30T18:31:46Z")
You can build perf for your kernel, if it has PERF support. You may check with: ```auto gunzip -c /proc/config.gz | grep PERF ``` For building perf: Not mandatory, but suggested: ```auto sudo apt-get install libperl-dev ``` ```auto cd /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.38-tegra/tools/perf sudo make ./perf --version ``` ---
**Author:** ![JamesL](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@JamesL](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/JamesL)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/installing-linux-performance-monitoring-tools-on-jetson-tx2/61365/5 "2018-05-31T13:33:04Z")
Thanks, that worked. ---
**Author:** ![feyioyebode](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@feyioyebode](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/feyioyebode)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/installing-linux-performance-monitoring-tools-on-jetson-tx2/61365/6 "2019-08-10T23:15:39Z")
hi this solution didnt work for me perf --version perf version 4.4.38-tegra nvidia@tegra-ubuntu:/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.38-tegra/tools/perf$ sudo apt-get install libperl-dev Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done libperl-dev is already the newest version (5.22.1-9ubuntu0.6). The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: extra-xdg-menus libcppunit-1.13-0v5 libcppunit-dev libgsl-dev libjna-java libjna-jni libqmi-glib1 librxtx-java snapd-login-service Use ‘sudo apt autoremove’ to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded. nvidia@tegra-ubuntu:/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.38-tegra/tools/perf$ cd /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.38-tegra/tools/perf nvidia@tegra-ubuntu:/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.38-tegra/tools/perf$ sudo make BUILD: Doing ‘make -j6’ parallel build config/Makefile:251: No libelf found, disables ‘probe’ tool and BPF support in ‘perf record’, please install elfutils-libelf-devel/libelf-dev config/Makefile:350: Disabling post unwind, no support found. config/Makefile:391: No libaudit.h found, disables ‘trace’ tool, please install audit-libs-devel or libaudit-dev config/Makefile:651: Your gcc lacks the \_\_get\_cpuid() builtin, disables support for auxtrace/Intel PT, please install a newer gcc GEN perf-archive GEN perf-with-kcore CC perf.o LD perf-in.o LINK perf nvidia@tegra-ubuntu:/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.38-tegra/tools/perf$ ./perf --version perf version 4.4.38-tegra nvidia@tegra-ubuntu:/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.38-tegra/tools/perf$ sudo apt install linux-tools-4.4.38-tegra Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done E: Unable to locate package linux-tools-4.4.38-tegra E: Couldn’t find any package by glob ‘linux-tools-4.4.38-tegra’ E: Couldn’t find any package by regex ‘linux-tools-4.4.38-tegra’ ---
**Author:** ![steven](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@steven](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/steven)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/installing-linux-performance-monitoring-tools-on-jetson-tx2/61365/7 "2021-03-18T20:32:51Z")
If you don’t have the headers, you’ll need to download them first… here is what worked for me ```auto sudo apt install -y libperl-dev mkdir l4t && cd l4t wget https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/L4T/r32_Release_v4.4/r32_Release_v4.4-GMC3/Sources/T186/public_sources.tbz2 tar -xjf public_sources.tbz2 tar -xjf Linux_for_Tegra/source/public/kernel_src.tbz2 cd kernel/kernel-4.9/tools/perf make ./perf --version ``` ---
**Author:** ![nadeemm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/nadeemm/32/367020_2.png) [@nadeemm](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/nadeemm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/installing-linux-performance-monitoring-tools-on-jetson-tx2/61365/8 "2021-10-18T18:15:20Z")
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