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Install sysprof with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper

Statistical, system-wide profiler. Version 50.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install sysprof

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add sysprof

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · sysprof · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libsysprof-6-6

Debian stable package indexes · libsysprof-6-6 · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libsysprof

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · libsysprof · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#sysprof

nixpkgs package indexes · sysprof · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S sysprof

Arch Linux sync databases · sysprof · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libsysprof-6-6

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libsysprof-6-6 · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Statistical, system-wide profiler

Commands and aliases

  • sysprof
  • sysprof-agent
  • sysprof-cat
  • sysprof-cli

history

Project history and usage

Sysprof is GNOME's system-wide statistical profiler for Linux, used to sample whole-system behavior and inspect call graphs, allocations, and main-loop stalls.

Project history

The GNOME GitLab repository has an INITIAL tag dated 2004 and a 1.1.2 release tag dated 2009, showing that Sysprof predates the current GNOME developer-documentation surface.

GNOME's current developer documentation presents Sysprof as a whole-system profiler rather than a profiler limited to one process, making it especially relevant for desktop stacks with many cooperating components.

Adoption history

Sysprof is documented as part of GNOME's developer tool set. The supplied package-manager facts show it packaged for Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, Arch, Nix, and openSUSE.

How it is used

Developers use Sysprof to record samples, inspect call graphs by process and call stack, investigate allocation-heavy paths, and identify main-loop operations such as fsync or read calls that can make applications miss frames.

For command-line users and packagers, the important executables are sysprof, sysprof-cli, sysprof-cat, and sysprof-agent.

Why package nerds care

Sysprof matters to package nerds because it is a low-level performance tool that sits at the boundary between desktop development and Linux kernel profiling support.

It is also a good example of GNOME tooling that packagers expose both as a graphical application and CLI/agent utilities, so dependency choices and integration with platform debug symbols affect the value of the package.

Timeline

  • 2004: GNOME GitLab repository tag INITIAL.
  • 2009: GNOME GitLab repository tag 1.1.2 release.
  • Current GNOME docs: Sysprof documented as a system-wide statistical profiler for Linux.

Related projects

  • GNOME developer documentation lists Sysprof among profiling and optimization tools near Valgrind and Massif, but Sysprof's niche is system-wide sampling of Linux desktop activity.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • Homebrew declares a post-install hook for this formula.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 2 platform targets.
  • Installs with 14 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 5 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
sysprofcliglobal executable
sysprof-agentcliglobal executable
sysprof-catcliglobal executable
sysprof-clicliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version50.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sysprof

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:sysprof
Version50.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sysprof
Homepagehttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sysprof
Repositoryhttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sysprof
Upstream docshttps://developer.gnome.org/documentation/tools/sysprof.html
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause-Patent AND BSD-3-Clause AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
Source archivehttps://download.gnome.org/sources/sysprof/50/sysprof-50.0.tar.xz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:06:25-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciescairo, elfutils, glib, graphene, gtk4, hicolor-icon-theme, json-glib, libadwaita, libdex, libpanel, libunwind, pango, polkit, systemd
Build dependenciesdesktop-file-utils, gettext, meson, ninja, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installdefined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namesysprof
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Requirements
  • linux
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

libsysprof-6-6 48.0-2

library for system-wide Linux profiler

https://apps.gnome.org/Sysprof/

sudo apt install libsysprof-6-6
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • 10 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libsysprof-6-6 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libsysprof-6-dev 48.0-2

development files for system-wide Linux profiler

https://apps.gnome.org/Sysprof/

sudo apt install libsysprof-6-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • 8 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libsysprof-6-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libsysprof-6-modules 48.0-2

LD_PRELOAD modules for system-wide Linux profiler

https://apps.gnome.org/Sysprof/

sudo apt install libsysprof-6-modules
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libsysprof-6-modules from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libsysprof-capture-4-dev 48.0-2

capture library for system-wide Linux profiler

https://apps.gnome.org/Sysprof/

sudo apt install libsysprof-capture-4-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libsysprof-capture-4-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

sysprof 48.0-2

system-wide Linux profiler

https://apps.gnome.org/Sysprof/

sudo apt install sysprof
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 20 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: sysprof from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

sysprof

nix profile install nixpkgs#sysprof
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: sysprof from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
Ubuntu apt95%

libsysprof-6-6 46.0-1build1

library for system-wide Linux profiler

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof

sudo apt install libsysprof-6-6
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • 8 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsysprof-6-6 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libsysprof-6-dev 46.0-1build1

development files for system-wide Linux profiler

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof

sudo apt install libsysprof-6-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsysprof-6-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libsysprof-6-modules 46.0-1build1

LD_PRELOAD modules for system-wide Linux profiler

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof

sudo apt install libsysprof-6-modules
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsysprof-6-modules from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libsysprof-capture-4-dev 46.0-1build1

capture library for system-wide Linux profiler

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof

sudo apt install libsysprof-capture-4-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsysprof-capture-4-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

sysprof 46.0-1build1

system-wide Linux profiler

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof

sudo apt install sysprof
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 16 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sysprof from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

sysprof 50.0-r0

System-wide profiler for Linux

http://www.sysprof.com/

sudo apk add sysprof
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

sysprof-dev 50.0-r0

System-wide profiler for Linux (development files)

http://www.sysprof.com/

sudo apk add sysprof-dev
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

sysprof-doc 50.0-r0

System-wide profiler for Linux (documentation)

http://www.sysprof.com/

sudo apk add sysprof-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

sysprof-lang 50.0-r0

Languages for package sysprof

http://www.sysprof.com/

sudo apk add sysprof-lang
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

sysprof-static 50.0-r0

System-wide profiler for Linux (static library)

http://www.sysprof.com/

sudo apk add sysprof-static
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: sysprof
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sysprof
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

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  • gtk4Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • json-glibRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libadwaitaRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • desktop-file-utilsBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gettextBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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