How To Install smemcap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smemcap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is smemcap
smemcap 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 smemcap utility, which can be used to collect data on resource constrained systems without depending on Python.
The captured data can be processed by smem program.
There are three methods to install smemcap 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 smemcap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smemcap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smemcap
Install smemcap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smemcap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smemcap
Install smemcap 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 smemcap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smemcap
How To Uninstall smemcap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the smemcap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smemcap
Uninstall smemcap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smemcap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smemcap
Remove smemcap Configurations and Data
To remove smemcap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smemcap
Remove smemcap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smemcap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smemcap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smemcap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
