ENOCMP component does not exist
ENOINIT unable to disable the component, the library has already been initialized

component_name name of the component to disable.

int result;
result = PAPI_disable_component_by_name("example");
if (result==PAPI_OK)
    printf("component \"example\" has been disabled\n");
//...
PAPI_library_init(PAPI_VER_CURRENT);

PAPI_disable_component_by_name() allows the user to disable a component before PAPI_library_init() time. This is useful if the user knows they do not with to use events from that component and want to reduce the PAPI library overhead.

PAPI_library_init

PAPI_disable_component