How to Install and Uninstall psmisc Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

You can also install and uninstall the psmisc on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "psmisc" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install psmisc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "psmisc" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall psmisc on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the psmisc package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: psmisc
Version: 23.6-1
Installed-Size: 909
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Breaks: manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-1)
Description: utilities that use the proc file system
Description-md5: f223601d881677b6b3cc176c4915b053
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://psmisc.sf.net/
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: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/psmisc/psmisc_23.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 258696
MD5sum: 2a758475a05809ab3080de96f9478401
SHA256: 9d02f654bdf280a6622a9b1371f7a1fa44546702d11991e438558bc259df7b69