I downloaded oprofile zip and then extracted it. Then using the command <pre class="prettyprint lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>./configure --prefix=/home/eranga/Software/oprofile-1.1.0 </code></pre> I tried to install it. Below are the last console messages. <pre class="prettyprint lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>checking for bfd_openr in -lbfd... no checking for compress in -lz... yes checking for bfd_fdopenr in -lbfd... no configure: error: bfd library not found </code></pre> Can anyone suggest why this is happening and a solution to it. Thanks in advance 🙏

Seems like you are missing a library. This command installs <code>bfd</code> library for me: <pre class="prettyprint lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>sudo apt-get install binutils-dev </code></pre>

"bfd library not found" error when configuring Oprofile

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profiling

ubuntu

oprofile

I downloaded oprofile zip and then extracted it. Then using the command

./configure --prefix=/home/eranga/Software/oprofile-1.1.0

I tried to install it. Below are the last console messages.

checking for bfd_openr in -lbfd... no
checking for compress in -lz... yes
checking for bfd_fdopenr in -lbfd... no
configure: error: bfd library not found

Can anyone suggest why this is happening and a solution to it. Thanks in advance 🙏