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+Sysprof is a sampling profiler that uses a kernel module to generate
+stacktraces which are then interpreted by the userspace program
+"sysprof".
+
+See the Sysprof homepage:
+
+        http://sysprof.com/
+
+for more information
+
+Questions, patches and bug reports should be sent to the sysprof
+mailing list:
+
+        sysprof-list@gnome.org
+
+The list is archived here:
+
+        https://mail.gnome.org/archives/sysprof-list/
+
+Debugging symbols
+
+- The programs and libraries you want to profile should be compiled
+  with -fno-omit-frame-pointer and have debugging symbols available,
+  or you won't get much usable information.
+
+
+Building Sysprof
+----------------
+
+You need some packages installed. The package names may vary depending on your
+distribution, the following command works on Fedora 25:
+
+    sudo dnf install gcc gcc-c++ ninja-build gtk3-devel
+
+Then do the following:
+
+    meson --prefix=/usr build
+    cd build
+    ninja
+    sudo ninja install
+
+WARNING: `ninja install` will mostly install under the configured install
+prefix but installs systemd service configuration directly in the system
+default location `/usr/lib/systemd` so it won't work without root privileges,
+even if the install prefix is a user-owned directory.