How To Install procps-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install procps-ng.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. procps-ng.x86_64 is System and process monitoring utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install procps-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `procps-ng.x86_64`

The procps package contains a set of system utilities that provide system information. Procps includes ps, free, skill, pkill, pgrep, snice, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, watch and pwdx. The ps command displays a snapshot of running processes. The top command provides a repetitive update of the statuses of running processes. The free command displays the amounts of free and used memory on your system. The skill command sends a terminate command (or another specified signal) to a specified set of processes. The snice command is used to change the scheduling priority of specified processes. The tload command prints a graph of the current system load average to a specified tty. The uptime command displays the current time, how long the system has been running, how many users are logged on, and system load averages for the past one, five, and fifteen minutes. The w command displays a list of the users who are currently logged on and what they are running. The watch program watches a running program. The vmstat command displays virtual memory statistics about processes, memory, paging, block I/O, traps, and CPU activity. The pwdx command reports the current working directory of a process or processes.

We can use yum to install procps-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install procps-ng.x86_64.

Install procps-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install procps-ng.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install procps-ng.x86_64

How To Uninstall procps-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the procps-ng.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove procps-ng.x86_64

procps-ng.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/free
/usr/bin/pgrep
/usr/bin/pkill
/usr/bin/pmap
/usr/bin/ps
/usr/bin/pwdx
/usr/bin/skill
/usr/bin/slabtop
/usr/bin/snice
/usr/bin/tload
/usr/bin/top
/usr/bin/uptime
/usr/bin/vmstat
/usr/bin/w
/usr/bin/watch
/usr/lib64/libprocps.so.4
/usr/lib64/libprocps.so.4.0.0
/usr/sbin/sysctl
/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10
/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10/README
/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10/README.top
/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/free.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pgrep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pkill.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pmap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pwdx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/skill.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/slabtop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/snice.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tload.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/top.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uptime.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/w.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/watch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sysctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vmstat.8.gz

References

procps-ng.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install procps-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.