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# Installing Procinfo-18

The Procinfo package contains programs for displaying system information.

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

Official download location for Procinfo (18):
ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/

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

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## 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`.

And install the package:

    make install

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## Contents of Procinfo

Installed programs: lsdev, procinfo and socklist

## Short descriptions

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

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

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

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