How to Install and Uninstall procps-ng.x86_64 Package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Last updated: March 29,2024

1. Install "procps-ng.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install procps-ng.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

$ sudo yum makecache $ sudo yum install procps-ng.x86_64

2. Uninstall "procps-ng.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall procps-ng.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7:

$ sudo yum remove procps-ng.x86_64 $ sudo yum autoremove

3. Information about the procps-ng.x86_64 package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Installed Packages
Name : procps-ng
Arch : x86_64
Version : 3.3.10
Release : 28.el7
Size : 742 k
Repo : installed
From repo : anaconda
Summary : System and process monitoring utilities
URL : https://sourceforge.net/projects/procps-ng/
License : GPL+ and GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and GPLv3+ and LGPLv2+
Description : The procps package contains a set of system utilities that provide
: system information. Procps includes ps, free, skill, pkill, pgrep,
: snice, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, watch and pwdx. The ps
: command displays a snapshot of running processes. The top command
: provides a repetitive update of the statuses of running processes.
: The free command displays the amounts of free and used memory on
: your system. The skill command sends a terminate command (or
: another specified signal) to a specified set of processes. The
: snice command is used to change the scheduling priority of
: specified processes. The tload command prints a graph of the
: current system load average to a specified tty. The uptime command
: displays the current time, how long the system has been running,
: how many users are logged on, and system load averages for the
: past one, five, and fifteen minutes. The w command displays a list
: of the users who are currently logged on and what they are
: running. The watch program watches a running program. The vmstat
: command displays virtual memory statistics about processes,
: memory, paging, block I/O, traps, and CPU activity. The pwdx
: command reports the current working directory of a process or
: processes.