How To Install memstat on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install memstat on Debian 11.
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 11. 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 11
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 11, 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 11 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 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.