How To Install gkrelltopd on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 371 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrelltopd on Ubuntu.
What is gkrelltopd
gkrelltopd is:
Plugin for gkrellmd. This is the server end plugin of gkrelltop. Gkrelltop displays the top three cpu intensive processes in a small window inside gkrellm, similar to wmtop. Useful to check out anytime what processes are consuming most cpu memory, or IO resources on your machine.
There are three methods to install gkrelltopd 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 gkrelltopd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gkrelltopd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gkrelltopd
Install gkrelltopd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gkrelltopd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gkrelltopd
Install gkrelltopd 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 gkrelltopd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gkrelltopd
How To Uninstall gkrelltopd on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gkrelltopd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gkrelltopd
Uninstall gkrelltopd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gkrelltopd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrelltopd
Remove gkrelltopd Configurations and Data
To remove gkrelltopd configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gkrelltopd
Remove gkrelltopd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gkrelltopd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrelltopd
Dependencies
gkrelltopd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrelltopd package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.