How to Install and Uninstall procps4 Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "procps4" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install procps4 on openSuSE Tumbleweed

$ sudo zypper refresh $ sudo zypper install procps4

2. Uninstall "procps4" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall procps4 on openSuSE Tumbleweed:

$ sudo zypper remove procps4

3. Information about the procps4 package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package procps4:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : procps4
Version : 4.0.4-5.2
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 777.1 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : procps4-4.0.4-5.2.src
Upstream URL : https://sf.net/projects/procps-ng/
Summary : The ps utilities for /proc
Description :
The procps package contains a set of system utilities that provide
system information. Procps includes ps, free, skill, snice, tload, top,
uptime, vmstat, w, and watch. 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.