How to Install Perf-tools on Windows 11

Perf-tools is a collection of performance monitoring tools for Linux systems developed by Brendan Gregg. Though it is mainly developed for Linux, it can also be installed on other operating systems like Windows 11 with certain modifications. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install perf-tools on Windows 11.

Requirements

Before we start with the installation process, make sure you have the following requirements:

  • Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) installed and enabled on your Windows 11 machine.
  • A Linux distribution installed on WSL. You can use Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution available in Microsoft Store.

Installation Steps

Follow these steps to install perf-tools on Windows 11:

  1. Download the latest version of perf-tools from the official Github page: https://github.com/brendangregg/perf-tools. You can download the zip file or clone the repository using Git.

  2. Extract the downloaded zip file to a folder of your choice.

  3. Open the Linux distribution (Ubuntu in our case) on the Windows 11 machine through WSL.

  4. Navigate to the folder where you extracted the perf-tools files.

  5. Run the build.sh script using the following command:

sudo sh ./build.sh

This command will start the installation process of perf-tools on your Windows 11 machine.

  1. Once the installation is complete, you can use the perf-tools by running the executables available in the directory where you cloned the repository.

Conclusion

Perf-tools is a powerful performance monitoring toolset that can help you debug performance issues in Linux systems. In this tutorial, we explained the steps to install perf-tools on Windows 11 using WSL, which allows you to run Linux commands on Windows. Note that perf-tools might not work as expected on Windows 11 due to operating system limitations.