How To Install xsysinfo 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 xsysinfo on Ubuntu.
What is xsysinfo
xsysinfo is:
This X client is like a mix of top, free and xload with the difference that the values are shown in form of a horizontal bar. The displayed values are: CPU load, CPU idle, memory and swap sizes.
There are three methods to install xsysinfo 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 xsysinfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xsysinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xsysinfo
Install xsysinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xsysinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xsysinfo
Install xsysinfo 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 xsysinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xsysinfo
How To Uninstall xsysinfo on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xsysinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xsysinfo
Uninstall xsysinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xsysinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xsysinfo
Remove xsysinfo Configurations and Data
To remove xsysinfo configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xsysinfo
Remove xsysinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xsysinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xsysinfo
Dependencies
xsysinfo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsysinfo package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.