How to Install and Uninstall procps Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "procps" package

Please follow the instructions below to install procps on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall procps on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: procps
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:4.0.4-4ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1792
Provides: watch
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libproc2-0 (>= 2:4.0.4), libsystemd0 (>= 254), libtinfo6 (>= 6), init-system-helpers (>= 1.29~)
Recommends: psmisc
Breaks: guymager (<= 0.5.9-1), manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20151231+nmu1), manpages-pl (<< 1:4.9.1-2), open-vm-tools (<= 2011.12.20-562307-1)
Replaces: manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20151231+nmu1), manpages-pl (<< 1:4.9.1-2)
Filename: pool/main/p/procps/procps_4.0.4-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 707518
MD5sum: 54e83ec4d9642b091b64e8cf9f56aba0
SHA1: 13aae1c698be8ac2f28be515540957d032f7b1a5
SHA256: 8434bab83d1965519e8e84ed303a2f13cb7d57a23bbbb1c1c858e07e5db775dc
SHA512: 19233024b10c7637d6fdf14a226203fc4a32a0e9d361ee17eb657fc2ea484388d4cd6fbdb49b77bb92c52c9d277bb8790e8448b357d73ad0c1c04aacee52ed81
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps
Description: /proc file system utilities
Description-md5: 943f3288c1aaa379fca73a3ff1a35278
Task: cloud-minimal, minimal, server-minimal

Package: procps
Status: install ok installed
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 1788
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Multi-Arch: foreign
Version: 2:4.0.4-2ubuntu1
Replaces: manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20151231+nmu1), manpages-pl (<< 1:4.9.1-2)
Provides: watch
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libproc2-0 (>= 2:4.0.4), libtinfo6 (>= 6), init-system-helpers (>= 1.29~)
Recommends: psmisc
Breaks: guymager (<= 0.5.9-1), manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20151231+nmu1), manpages-pl (<< 1:4.9.1-2), open-vm-tools (<= 2011.12.20-562307-1)
Conffiles:
/etc/init.d/procps f9903aa0d9f2f10714269befb4cdba8f
/etc/sysctl.conf 72b7c827a9636cda7b3b371091ff2dce
/etc/sysctl.d/10-console-messages.conf 154f6f5c5810d10bb303fb6a8e907c6a
/etc/sysctl.d/10-ipv6-privacy.conf e9473d12b4a7069d6a3ca8b694511ddf
/etc/sysctl.d/10-kernel-hardening.conf f85fded186d1ad70c5f69ca6a88e4de6
/etc/sysctl.d/10-magic-sysrq.conf b3059f2835f17c97265433fdfdee358f
/etc/sysctl.d/10-network-security.conf e2c60d912410543907a6c9ff21836ba8
/etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf 47f40494b2fc698e15549e0a4a79e81c
/etc/sysctl.d/10-zeropage.conf 8d7193abcc4dfedaf519dd03016a5e59
/etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl 48e64ce233c8aba8e0693adf8cf4c464
Description: /proc file system utilities
This package provides command line and full screen utilities for browsing
procfs, a "pseudo" file system dynamically generated by the kernel to
provide information about the status of entries in its process table
(such as whether the process is running, stopped, or a "zombie").
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It contains free, kill, pkill, pgrep, pmap, ps, pwdx, skill, slabtop,
snice, sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small