The Eclipse Memory Analyzer (MAT) can be installed in Eclipse, on Windows, or on Linux.

• Installing Memory Analyzer (MAT) in Eclipse
• Installing Memory Analyzer (MAT) on Linux

Here is how I install Eclipse Memory Analyzer on Linux.

1. Download the Eclipse Memory Analyzer (MAT) from https://www.eclipse.org/mat/
2. Select Linux (x86_64/GTK+)
3. Select Download. This will download a file named MemoryAnalyzer-<version>.yyyymmdd-linux.gtk.x86_64.zip to your local PC. Place this zip file on the Linux server that will run Memory Analzyer.
4. Extract the zip file to the /opt directory. The installation files will reside at /opt/mat.

unzip MemoryAnalyzer-<version>.yyyymmdd-linux.gtk.x86_64.zip -d /opt

Issue the following command to launch the Memory Analyzer GUI. Be aware that it may take a while for the application to launch (perhaps 30 seconds or so).

/opt/mat/MemoryAnalyzer

Once launched, you should get a GUI that looks something like this.