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Using gperftools/Heaptrack without installation

I am trying to do heap profiling of C++ application on unix platform. I have tried valgrind's massif but it makes application very slow and affects behavior of the application.

I was searching for other options and came across gperftools and heaptrack. Though these can be viable solution for my problem here. But I have limitation here I don't enough privileges to install these tools.

Is there any way I can setup gperftools or heaptrack without installing them in unix?

Thanks in advance

Solution

  • You can always install things by specifying something like --prefix=$HOME/mygperftools to configure. Then it will install within your home directory.