How To Install memstat on Debian 10

Learn how to install memstat on Debian 10 with this tutorial. memstat is Identify whats using up virtual memory

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install memstat on Debian 10.

What is memstat

memstat is:

Lists all the processes, executables, and shared libraries that are using up virtual memory. It’s helpful to see how the shared memory is used and which ‘old’ libs are loaded.

There are three methods to install memstat on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install memstat Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install memstat using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install memstat

Install memstat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install memstat using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install memstat

Install memstat Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install memstat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install memstat

How To Uninstall memstat on Debian 10

To uninstall only the memstat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove memstat

Uninstall memstat And Its Dependencies

To uninstall memstat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove memstat

Remove memstat Configurations and Data

To remove memstat configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge memstat

Remove memstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove memstat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge memstat

Dependencies

memstat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install memstat package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.