Information about the package, ps_mem, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ps_mem package is designed for, Memory profiling tool.
Package Name:
ps_mem
Summary:
Memory profiling tool
Description:
The ps_mem tool can determine how much RAM is used per program (not per process). In detail it reports: sum(private RAM for program processes) + sum(Shared RAM for program processes) The shared RAM is problematic to calculate, and the tool automatically selects the most accurate method available for the running kernel.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
3.1
Release:
5.el6
Size:
20 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the ps_mem package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ps_mem
This command will install ps_mem on the server.
yum remove ps_mem
This command will un-install ps_mem on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ps_mem, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ps_mem
This command will un-install ps_mem on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ps_mem when using the -y flag.
yum update ps_mem
This command will update ps_mem to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ps_mem, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ps_mem
This command will update ps_mem to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ps_mem when using the -y flag.
yum info ps_mem
This command will show you core information about the ps_mem package.
yum deplist ps_mem
This command will show you the dependencies for ps_mem. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ps_mem
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ps_mem. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.