Installation

Austin is available to install from PyPI and from the major software repositories of the most popular platforms. Check out the latest release page for pre-compiled binaries and installation packages.

On all supported platforms and architectures, Austin can be installed from PyPI with pip or pipx via the commands

pip install austin-dist

or

pipx install austin-dist

On Linux, it can be installed using autotools or as a snap from the Snap Store. The latter will automatically perform the steps of the autotools method with a single command. On distributions derived from Debian, Austin can be installed from the official repositories with apt. Anaconda users can install Austin from Conda Forge.

On Windows, Austin can be easily installed from the command line using either Chocolatey or Scoop. Alternatively, you can download the installer from the latest release page.

On macOS, Austin can be easily installed from the command line using Homebrew. Anaconda users can install Austin from Conda Forge.

For any other platforms, compiling Austin from sources is as easy as cloning the repository and running the C compiler. The Releases page has many pre-compiled binaries that are ready to be uncompressed and used.

With autotools

Installing Austin using autotools amounts to the usual ./configure, make and make install finger gymnastic. The only dependency is the standard C library. Before proceeding with the steps below, make sure that the autotools are installed on your system. Refer to your distro's documentation for details on how to do so.

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin.git && cd austin
autoreconf --install
./configure
make
make install

Note

Some Linux distributions, like Manjaro, might require the execution of automake --add-missing before ./configure.

Alternatively, sources can be compiled with just a C compiler (see below).

From the Snap Store

Austin can be installed on many major Linux distributions from the Snap Store with the following command

sudo snap install austin --classic

On Debian and Derivatives

On March 30 2019 Austin was accepted into the official Debian repositories and can therefore be installed with the apt utility.

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt install austin -y

On macOS

Austin can be installed on macOS using Homebrew:

brew install austin

From Chocolatey

To install Austin from Chocolatey, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell

choco install austin

To upgrade run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

choco upgrade austin

From Scoop

To install Austin using Scoop, run the following command from the command line or PowerShell

scoop install austin

To upgrade run the following command from the command line or PowerShell:

scoop update

From Conda Forge

Anaconda users on Linux and macOS can install Austin from Conda Forge with the command

conda install -c conda-forge austin

From Sources without autotools

To install Austin from sources using the GNU C compiler, without autotools, clone the repository with

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin.git

On Linux, one can then use the command

gcc -O3 -Os -Wall -pthread src/*.c -o src/austin

whereas on macOS it is enough to run

gcc -O3 -Os -Wall src/*.c -o src/austin

On Windows, the -lpsapi -lntdll -ldbghelp switches are needed

gcc -O3 -Os -Wall -lpsapi -lntdll -ldbghelp src/*.c -o src/austin

Add -DDEBUG if you need a more verbose log. This is useful if you encounter a bug with Austin and you want to report it.