linux - Get total physical memory in Python

Question

How can I get the total physical memory within Python in a distribution agnostic fashion? I don't need used memory, just the total physical memory.

Answer 1

your best bet for a cross-platform solution is to use the psutil package (available on PyPI).

import psutil
    
psuti.virtual_memory().total  # total physical memory available in B

Documentation for virtual_memory is here.