is it possible to run linux perf tool inside docker container

Question

I tried giving the below command from container and found the below issue, may be because of "-moby" kernel version. Can't we get a docker image without word "-moby" coming in linux kernel version.

I tried installing linux perf tool on VM having ubuntu and it worked.

#docker run -t -i ubuntu:14.04 /bin/bash

root@214daea94f4f:/# perf

WARNING: perf not found for kernel 4.9.41

You may need to install the following packages for this specific kernel:

linux-tools-4.9.41-moby
linux-cloud-tools-4.9.41-moby

You may also want to install one of the following packages to keep up to date:

linux-tools-moby-lts-<series>
linux-cloud-tools-moby-lts-<series>

Answer 1

just do

apt-get install linux-tools-generic

and make a symbolic link to /usr/bin/perf. (in my case):

ln -s /usr/lib/linux-tools/3.13.0-141-generic/perf /usr/bin/perf

it worked for me!

Answer 2

In debian buster-slim i used :

apt-get install linux-perf 

see: https://packages.debian.org/buster/linux-perf