How To Install qtop 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 qtop on Ubuntu.

What is `qtop`

qtop is:

qtop provides a dynamic real-time view of a running system. It has only a small fraction of the options provided by its console counterparts, but hopefully the most used ones.

There are three methods to install qtop 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 qtop Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qtop using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qtop

Install qtop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qtop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qtop

Install qtop 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 qtop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qtop

How To Uninstall qtop on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the qtop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qtop

Uninstall qtop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qtop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtop

Remove qtop Configurations and Data

To remove qtop configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qtop

Remove qtop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qtop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtop

Dependencies

qtop have the following dependencies:

References

qtop website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtop package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.