How to Install and Uninstall psmisc Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "psmisc" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install psmisc on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall psmisc on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                psmisc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the psmisc package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: psmisc
Architecture: amd64
Version: 23.4-2build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Craig Small
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 452
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Breaks: manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-1)
Replaces: manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-1)
Filename: pool/main/p/psmisc/psmisc_23.4-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 116556
MD5sum: 15154f354473930083684eeec1864582
SHA1: 40a086ca535dadddf150915137eadc0847e8a65a
SHA256: 13ecd2d7d9d33770953fed0d049645d72ebb0d9e9d198d28b7f7a9e02023d36d
SHA512: 771d8cc60ec764ca03970c6460ba83259be3d6c848295d5722de05d4f4d459aaa61747f77d5604afd7582f005f30afb5bed61c83e02717f26e2736598b07d108
Homepage: http://psmisc.sf.net/
Description-en: utilities that use the proc file system
This package contains miscellaneous utilities that use the proc FS:
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- fuser: identifies processes that are using files or sockets.
- killall: kills processes by name (e.g. "killall -HUP named").
- peekfd: shows the data traveling over a file descriptor.
- pstree: shows currently running processes as a tree.
- prtstat: print the contents of /proc//stat
Description-md5: f223601d881677b6b3cc176c4915b053
Task: standard