How To Install smem on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smem on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install smem.
Install smem on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install smem using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install smem
Install smem on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install smem using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install smem
How To Uninstall smem on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the smem package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove smem
smem Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/smem
/usr/share/doc/smem
/usr/share/doc/smem/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/smem.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smem on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.