How To Install smem on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smem on Kali Linux.

What is smem

smem is:

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.

This package contains main tool which can also process data collected by smemcap.

There are three methods to install smem on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install smem Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smem

Install smem Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install smem using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install smem

Install smem Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install smem using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smem

How To Uninstall smem on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove smem

Uninstall smem And Its Dependencies

To uninstall smem and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smem

Remove smem Configurations and Data

To remove smem configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smem

Remove smem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove smem configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smem

Dependencies

smem have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• smem website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smem package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.