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# Installing Procinfo-18

    Estimated build time:           0.1 SBU
    Estimated required disk space:  168 KB

## Contents of Procinfo

(Last checked against version 18.)

The procinfo program gathers system data, such as memory usage and IRQ numbers, from the `/proc` directory and formats this data in a meaningful way.

Procinfo installs the following:

### Program Files

lsdev, procinfo and socklist

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## Procinfo Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 18.)

Binutils: as, ld
Coreutils: install, mkdir
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Make: make

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## Installation of Procinfo

Compile Procinfo:

    make LDLIBS=-lncurses

The -lncurses switch overwrites the default switch, -ltermcap. This is done because libtermcap is declared obsolete in favor of libncurses.

And install the package:

    make install

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