How To Install bashtop on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bashtop on Ubuntu.
What is bashtop
bashtop is:
Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes. bashtop includes:
- Easy to use, with a game inspired menu system.
- Fast and responsive UI with UP, DOWN keys process selection.
- Function for showing detailed stats for selected process.
- Ability to filter processes.
- Easy switching between sorting options.
- Send SIGTERM, SIGKILL, SIGINT to selected process.
- UI menu for changing all config file options.
- Auto scaling graph for network usage.
- Shows current read and write speeds for disks.
- Multiple data collection methods which can be switched if running on Linux.
There are three methods to install bashtop on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bashtop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bashtop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bashtop
Install bashtop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bashtop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bashtop
Install bashtop Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bashtop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bashtop
How To Uninstall bashtop on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the bashtop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bashtop
Uninstall bashtop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bashtop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bashtop
Remove bashtop Configurations and Data
To remove bashtop configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bashtop
Remove bashtop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bashtop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bashtop
Dependencies
bashtop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bashtop package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.