How To Install ps_mem on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ps_mem on Fedora 34.
What is ps_mem
The ps_mem tool reports how much core memory is used per program (not per process). In detail it reports sum(private RAM for program processes) + sum(Shared RAM for program processes) The shared RAM is problematic to calculate, and the tool automatically selects the most accurate method available for the running kernel.
We can use yum or dnf to install ps_mem on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ps_mem.
Install ps_mem on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ps_mem using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ps_mem
Install ps_mem on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ps_mem using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ps_mem
How To Uninstall ps_mem on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ps_mem package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ps_mem
ps_mem Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/ps_mem
/usr/share/doc/ps_mem
/usr/share/doc/ps_mem/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ps_mem.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ps_mem on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.