lfs/chapter06/procps.xml
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
<sect1 id="ch-system-procps" role="wrap">
<?dbhtml filename="procps-ng.html"?>
<sect1info condition="script">
<productname>procps-ng</productname>
<productnumber>&procps-ng-version;</productnumber>
<address>&procps-ng-url;</address>
</sect1info>
<title>Procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps">
<primary sortas="a-Procps">Procps-ng</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The Procps-ng package contains programs for monitoring processes.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>&procps-ng-ch6-sbu;</seg>
<seg>&procps-ng-ch6-du;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Procps-ng</title>
<para>Prepare procps-ng for compilation:</para>
<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
--exec-prefix= \
--libdir=/usr/lib \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version; \
--disable-static \
--disable-kill</userinput></screen>
<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
--exec-prefix= \
--libdir=/usr/lib \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version; \
--disable-static \
--disable-kill \
--with-systemd</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--disable-kill</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This switch disables building the <command>kill</command>
command that will be installed by the Util-linux package.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
<para>The test suite needs some custom modifications for LFS.
Remove a test that fails when scripting does not use a tty device and
fix two others.
To run the test suite, run the following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">sed -i -r 's|(pmap_initname)\\\$|\1|' testsuite/pmap.test/pmap.exp
sed -i '/set tty/d' testsuite/pkill.test/pkill.exp
rm testsuite/pgrep.test/pgrep.exp
make check</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
<para>Finally, move essential libraries to a location that can be found if
<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is not mounted.</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libprocps.so.* /lib
ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libprocps.so) /usr/lib/libprocps.so</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-procps" role="content">
<title>Contents of Procps-ng</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>free, pgrep, pidof, pkill, pmap, ps, pwdx, slabtop,
sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch</seg>
<seg>libprocps.so</seg>
<seg>/usr/include/proc and /usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="free">
<term><command>free</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
swap memory) in the system</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free">
<primary sortas="b-free">free</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pgrep">
<term><command>pgrep</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep">
<primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pidof">
<term><command>pidof</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reports the PIDs of the given programs</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pidof">
<primary sortas="b-pidof">pidof</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pkill">
<term><command>pkill</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Signals processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill">
<primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pmap">
<term><command>pmap</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reports the memory map of the given process</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap">
<primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ps">
<term><command>ps</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Lists the current running processes</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps">
<primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pwdx">
<term><command>pwdx</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reports the current working directory of a process</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pwdx">
<primary sortas="b-pwdx">pwdx</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="slabtop">
<term><command>slabtop</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Displays detailed kernel slab cache information in real time</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps slabtop">
<primary sortas="b-slabtop">slabtop</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="sysctl">
<term><command>sysctl</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Modifies kernel parameters at run time</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl">
<primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tload">
<term><command>tload</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Prints a graph of the current system load average</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload">
<primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="top">
<term><command>top</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Displays a list of the most CPU intensive processes; it
provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top">
<primary sortas="b-top">top</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="uptime">
<term><command>uptime</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
logged on, and the system load averages</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime">
<primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="vmstat">
<term><command>vmstat</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU
activity</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat">
<primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="w">
<term><command>w</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since
when</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w">
<primary sortas="b-w">w</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="watch">
<term><command>watch</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first
screen-full of its output; this allows a user to watch the output
change over time</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch">
<primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libprocps">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libprocps</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains the functions used by most programs in this
package</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libprocps">
<primary sortas="c-libprocps">libprocps</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>