Information about the package, smem, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The smem package is designed for, Report application memory usage in a meaningful way.
Package Name:
smem
Summary:
Report application memory usage in a meaningful way
Description:
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.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.4
Release:
1.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the smem package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install smem
This command will install smem on the server.
yum remove smem
This command will un-install smem on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove smem, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove smem
This command will un-install smem 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 smem when using the -y flag.
yum update smem
This command will update smem to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove smem, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update smem
This command will update smem 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 smem when using the -y flag.
yum info smem
This command will show you core information about the smem package.
yum deplist smem
This command will show you the dependencies for smem. 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 smem
This command will check if there is an update waiting on smem. 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.