How to Install and Uninstall procps Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "procps" package

Learn how to install procps on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                procps
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "procps" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall procps on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                procps
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the procps package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: procps
Version: 2:3.3.15-2
Installed-Size: 729
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Provides: watch
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libncurses6 (>= 6), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libprocps7 (>= 2:3.3.15-1), libtinfo6 (>= 6), lsb-base (>= 3.0-10), init-system-helpers (>= 1.29~)
Recommends: psmisc
Conflicts: pgrep (<< 3.3-5), w-bassman (<< 1.0-3)
Breaks: guymager (<= 0.5.9-1), open-vm-tools (<= 2011.12.20-562307-1)
Description: /proc file system utilities
Description-md5: 943f3288c1aaa379fca73a3ff1a35278
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::checking, use::monitor,
works-with::software:running
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/p/procps/procps_3.3.15-2_amd64.deb
Size: 259204
MD5sum: 6fdd97d187510f49bf7a4310eee3b54c
SHA256: 8d86e2fed0ac0d15750dc68158b0c0f74c9d9454b780da4e023d6c3aabdff62c