How To Install psmisc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install psmisc on Debian 12.
What is psmisc
psmisc is:
This package contains miscellaneous utilities that use the proc FS:
- fuser: identifies processes that are using files or sockets.
- killall: kills processes by name (e.g. “killall -HUP named”).
- peekfd: shows the data traveling over a file descriptor.
- pstree: shows currently running processes as a tree.
- prtstat: print the contents of /proc/
/stat
There are three methods to install psmisc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install psmisc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install psmisc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install psmisc
Install psmisc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install psmisc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install psmisc
Install psmisc 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 psmisc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install psmisc
How To Uninstall psmisc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the psmisc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove psmisc
Uninstall psmisc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall psmisc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove psmisc
Remove psmisc Configurations and Data
To remove psmisc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge psmisc
Remove psmisc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove psmisc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psmisc
Dependencies
psmisc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install psmisc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.