How To Install wmforkplop 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 wmforkplop on Ubuntu.
What is wmforkplop
wmforkplop is:
Wmforkplop monitors the forking activity of the kernel and displays a list of the most CPU consuming processes. Although primarily aimed at Windowmaker, it will run on any window manager, either as a dockapp or as a standard X11 application.
There are three methods to install wmforkplop 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 wmforkplop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmforkplop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmforkplop
Install wmforkplop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmforkplop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmforkplop
Install wmforkplop 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 wmforkplop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmforkplop
How To Uninstall wmforkplop on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wmforkplop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmforkplop
Uninstall wmforkplop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmforkplop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmforkplop
Remove wmforkplop Configurations and Data
To remove wmforkplop configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmforkplop
Remove wmforkplop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmforkplop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmforkplop
Dependencies
wmforkplop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmforkplop package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.