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The Procinfo package contains programs for displaying system information.

Approximate build time:  0.1 SBU
Required disk space:     0.2 MB

Procinfo installation depends on: Binutils, GCC, Glibc, Make, Ncurses.

Installation of Procinfo

Compile Procinfo:

make LDLIBS=-lncurses

The meaning of the make parameter:

  • LDLIBS=-lncurses: This tells Procinfo to use the libncurses library instead of the long-obsolete libtermcap.

Install the package:

make install

Contents of Procinfo

Installed programs: lsdev, procinfo and socklist

Short descriptions

lsdev lists the devices present in your system, and which IRQs (Interrupt ReQuest) and IO ports they use.

procinfo displays an overview of some of the information present in the virtual proc file system.

socklist lists the open sockets, reporting their type, port number, and other specifics.

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