Third Party Software: ------------------------------------------------------------ KernelShark has the following external dependencies: Cmake, Json-C, OpenGL/Glut, Qt5Base. 1. In order to install the packages on Ubuntu do the following: sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake libjson-c-dev -y sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev -y sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev -y 1.1 I you want to be able to generate Doxygen documentation: sudo apt-get install graphviz doxygen-gui -y 2. In order to install the packages on Fedora, as root do the following: dnf install gcc gcc-c++ git cmake json-c-devel -y dnf install freeglut-devel redhat-rpm-config -y dnf install qt5-qtbase-devel -y 2.1 I you want to be able to generate Doxygen documentation: dnf install graphviz doxygen -y Downloading: ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.git/ 2. cd trace-cmd Building: ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. make gui 2. After building the code "kernel-shark/lib" will contain all libraries and "kernel-shark/bin" will contain all executables. Installing: ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. sudo make install_gui