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Install procps with Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper, dnf, pacman

Utilities for browsing procfs. Version 4.0.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libproc2-0.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install procps

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install procps

Debian stable package indexes · procps · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#procps

nixpkgs package indexes · procps · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install procps

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · procps · source: download.opensuse.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install procps-ng

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · procps-ng · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S procps-ng

Arch Linux sync databases · procps-ng · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Utilities for browsing procfs

Commands and aliases

  • free
  • hugetop
  • pidwait
  • pmap
  • ps
  • pwdx
  • slabtop
  • sysctl
  • tload
  • top
  • vmstat
  • w

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
freeexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
hugetopexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
pidwaitexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
pmapexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
psexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
pwdxexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
slabtopexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
sysctlexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
tloadexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
topexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
vmstatexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
wexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version4.0.6
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:procps
Version4.0.6
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

libproc2-0 2:4.0.4-9

library for accessing process information from /proc

https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps

sudo apt install libproc2-0
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: procps
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libproc2-0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libproc2-dev 2:4.0.4-9

library for accessing process information from /proc

https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps

sudo apt install libproc2-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: procps
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libproc2-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

procps 2:4.0.4-9

/proc file system utilities

https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps

sudo apt install procps
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 6 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: procps from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

procps

nix profile install nixpkgs#procps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: procps from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
Ubuntu apt95%

libproc2-0 2:4.0.4-4ubuntu3

library for accessing process information from /proc

https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps

sudo apt install libproc2-0
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: procps
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libproc2-0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libproc2-dev 2:4.0.4-4ubuntu3

library for accessing process information from /proc

https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps

sudo apt install libproc2-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: procps
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libproc2-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

procps 2:4.0.4-4ubuntu3

/proc file system utilities

https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps

sudo apt install procps
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 6 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: procps from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

procps-ng 4.0.6-2.fc45

System and process monitoring utilities

https://sourceforge.net/projects/procps-ng/

sudo dnf install procps-ng
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: procps-ng
  • 7 dependencies
  • 6 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: procps-ng from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

procps-ng 4.0.6-3

Utilities for monitoring your system and its processes

https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps

sudo pacman -S procps-ng
  • License: GPL AND LGPL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 4 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: procps-ng from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

libproc2-1 4.0.6-1.4

The procps library

https://sf.net/projects/procps-ng/

sudo zypper install libproc2-1
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: procps
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libproc2-1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

procps 4.0.6-1.4

The ps utilities for /proc

https://sf.net/projects/procps-ng/

sudo zypper install procps
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Monitoring
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: procps
  • 5 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: procps from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

procps-devel 4.0.6-1.4

Development files for procps

https://sf.net/projects/procps-ng/

sudo zypper install procps-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: procps
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: procps-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

procps-lang 4.0.6-1.4

Translations for package procps

https://sf.net/projects/procps-ng/

sudo zypper install procps-lang
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Localization
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: procps
  • 1 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: procps-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

procps-uptime 4.0.6-1.4

Provide the /proc based uptime

https://sf.net/projects/procps-ng/

sudo zypper install procps-uptime
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Monitoring
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: procps
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Procps
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: procps-uptime from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

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