How To Install smem on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smem on Fedora 34.
What is smem
smem is a tool that can give numerous reports on memory usage on Linux systems. Unlike existing tools, smem can report proportional set size (PSS), which is a more meaningful representation of the amount of memory used by libraries and applications in a virtual memory system. Because large portions of physical memory are typically shared among multiple applications, the standard measure of memory usage known as resident set size (RSS) will significantly overestimate memory usage. PSS instead measures each application’s “fair share” of each shared area to give a realistic measure.
We can use yum or dnf to install smem on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install smem.
Install smem on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
The output should look something like this:
After updating yum database, We can install smem using dnf by running the following command:
Install smem on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
The output should look something like this:
After updating yum database, We can install smem using yum by running the following command:
How To Uninstall smem on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the smem package we can use the following command:
smem Package Contents on Fedora 34
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smem on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.