To use Gprof, you need to compile your C program with the -pg option. This option instructs the compiler to generate extra code that collects profiling information during the execution of the program.

Jack Wallen shows you the step-by-step process of compiling a C++ program on Linux, using Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 for his demo.

The GNU Compiler Collection will be refreshed with updated C++ standards compliance and improvements in parallelism and diagnostics. Described as a “major” release, GCC 6.1 leverages the C++ ...