How To Install bpytop 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 bpytop on Ubuntu.
What is bpytop
bpytop is:
Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes. bpytop includes:
- Easy to use, with a game inspired menu system.
- Full mouse support, all buttons with a highlighted key is clickable and mouse scroll works in process list and menu boxes.
- Fast and responsive UI with UP, DOWN keys process selection.
- Function for showing detailed stats for selected process.
- Ability to filter processes, multiple filters can be entered.
- 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
Python port of bashtop.
There are three methods to install bpytop 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 bpytop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bpytop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bpytop
Install bpytop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bpytop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bpytop
Install bpytop 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 bpytop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bpytop
How To Uninstall bpytop on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the bpytop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bpytop
Uninstall bpytop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bpytop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bpytop
Remove bpytop Configurations and Data
To remove bpytop configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bpytop
Remove bpytop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bpytop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bpytop
Dependencies
bpytop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpytop package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.