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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/README | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/README b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/README index adb99aa3a7b..9a970763079 100644 --- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/README +++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/README @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ INSTALLATION Building perf with perf trace Perl scripting should install this module in the right place. -You should make sure libperl is installed first e.g. apt-get install -libperl-dev. +You should make sure libperl and ExtUtils/Embed.pm are installed first +e.g. apt-get install libperl-dev or yum install perl-ExtUtils-Embed. DEPENDENCIES diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c index 2e1cc3c11c7..51e833fd58c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c @@ -577,7 +577,9 @@ struct scripting_ops perl_scripting_ops = { void setup_perl_scripting(void) { fprintf(stderr, "Perl scripting not supported." - " Install libperl-dev[el] and rebuild perf to get it.\n"); + " Install libperl and rebuild perf to enable it. e.g. " + "apt-get install libperl-dev (ubuntu), yum install " + "perl-ExtUtils-Embed (Fedora), etc.\n"); } #else void setup_perl_scripting(void) |