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diff --git a/collectors/perf.plugin/README.md b/collectors/perf.plugin/README.md index e519be9c4..a8bd4b0e5 100644 --- a/collectors/perf.plugin/README.md +++ b/collectors/perf.plugin/README.md @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ the `perf_event_open()` system call. ## 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. + 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 |