How To Install xrestop on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrestop on Rocky Linux 8. xrestop is X Resource Monitor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrestop on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xrestop

A utility to monitor application usage of X resources in the X Server, and display them in a manner similar to ’top’. This is a very useful utility for tracking down application X resource usage leaks.

We can use yum or dnf to install xrestop on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xrestop.

Install xrestop on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xrestop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xrestop

Install xrestop on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xrestop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xrestop

How To Uninstall xrestop on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove xrestop

xrestop Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/xrestop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/e898538f69189c7917abfe433eea5be413487f
/usr/share/doc/xrestop
/usr/share/doc/xrestop/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xrestop/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xrestop/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xrestop/README
/usr/share/man/man1/xrestop.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrestop on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.