How To Install scanmem on Fedora 34

scanmem is Memory scanner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scanmem on Fedora 34.

What is scanmem

scanmem is a simple interactive debugging utility, used to locate the address of a variable in an executing process. This can be used for the analysis or modification of a hostile process on a compromised machine, reverse engineering, or as a “pokefinder” to cheat at video games.

We can use yum or dnf to install scanmem on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install scanmem.

Install scanmem 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 scanmem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install scanmem

Install scanmem 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 scanmem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install scanmem

How To Uninstall scanmem on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove scanmem

scanmem Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/scanmem
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/0590bd75b8e20166cbba73e64e007e605a9038
/usr/share/doc/scanmem
/usr/share/doc/scanmem/README
/usr/share/man/man1/scanmem.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install scanmem on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.