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## Important Notes
+If you are using [our official native DEB/RPM packages](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/methods/packages.md), you will need to install
+the `netdata-plugin-perf` package using your system package manager.
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Accessing hardware PMUs requires root permissions, so the plugin is setuid to root.
Keep in mind that the number of PMUs in a system is usually quite limited and every hardware monitoring