How To Install ruby-get-process-mem on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-get-process-mem on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-get-process-mem is get memory usage of a process in Ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-get-process-mem on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-get-process-mem

ruby-get-process-mem is:

Use GetProcessMem to find out the amount of RAM used by any process. Supports retrieval of memory usage in units of bytes, kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes.

There are three methods to install ruby-get-process-mem on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ruby-get-process-mem Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-get-process-mem using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-get-process-mem

Install ruby-get-process-mem Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-get-process-mem using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-get-process-mem

Install ruby-get-process-mem 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-get-process-mem using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-get-process-mem

How To Uninstall ruby-get-process-mem on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-get-process-mem package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-get-process-mem

Uninstall ruby-get-process-mem And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-get-process-mem and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-get-process-mem

Remove ruby-get-process-mem Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-get-process-mem configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-get-process-mem

Remove ruby-get-process-mem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-get-process-mem configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-get-process-mem

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-get-process-mem package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.