How to Install and Uninstall procps-ng.src Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "procps-ng.src" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install procps-ng.src on Oracle Linux 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install procps-ng.src

2. Uninstall "procps-ng.src" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall procps-ng.src on Oracle Linux 8:

$ sudo dnf remove procps-ng.src $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the procps-ng.src package on Oracle Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : procps-ng
Version : 3.3.15
Release : 6.0.1.el8
Architecture : src
Size : 920 k
Source : None
Repository : ol8_baseos_latest
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, pidof, pmap, slabtop, 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.