How To Install indicator-multiload 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 indicator-multiload on Ubuntu.
What is indicator-multiload
indicator-multiload is:
A system load indicator capable of displaying graphs for CPU, ram, and swap space use, plus network traffic.
There are three methods to install indicator-multiload 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 indicator-multiload Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-multiload using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install indicator-multiload
Install indicator-multiload Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-multiload using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install indicator-multiload
Install indicator-multiload 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 indicator-multiload using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install indicator-multiload
How To Uninstall indicator-multiload on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the indicator-multiload package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-multiload
Uninstall indicator-multiload And Its Dependencies
To uninstall indicator-multiload and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove indicator-multiload
Remove indicator-multiload Configurations and Data
To remove indicator-multiload configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge indicator-multiload
Remove indicator-multiload configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove indicator-multiload configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indicator-multiload
Dependencies
indicator-multiload have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-multiload package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.