How to install gprof on OS X

c++, gprof, installation, profiling

Solution

It seems there are two components to gprof. One is a part of the GCC compiler itself, invoked by using the -pg argument. The other is the gprof command, which apparently is part of GNU binutils. I'll leave it to you to figure out how to install GCC and binutils on OSX...

Problem

I'm trying to use gprof to profile a c++ application I've written but I can't figure out for the life of me how to download and install it. I've googled everything I can think of and can't even find a download link. Someone please help!

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