How to Install and Uninstall scanmem Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "scanmem" package

Please follow the guidance below to install scanmem on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall scanmem on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                scanmem
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the scanmem package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: scanmem
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 135
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: WANG Lu
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.13-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libreadline6 (>= 6.0)
Suggests: gameconqueror (>= 0.12)
Filename: pool/universe/s/scanmem/scanmem_0.13-1_amd64.deb
Size: 46234
MD5sum: cc76ba567c0ec35701ecb6981268e2d9
SHA1: 1fcec5008f769be00953ebe41e0294c28cedf572
SHA256: 6bc904b532146bec43f7e53f9c998cf11419a1cc061bf59996976557aff64587
Description-en: Program to locate and modify a variable in a running process
Scanmem is a simple interactive debugging utility for Linux, used to locate
the address of a variable in a running process. This can be used for the
analysis or modification of a hostile process on a compromised machine, for
reverse engineering, or as a "pokefinder" to cheat at video games.
Description-md5: 6ebddb7a73944d6f758f44c268ca383c
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/scanmem/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu