How To Install bpytop on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpytop on CentOS 8.
What is bpytop
Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes. Python port of bashtop. Features - Easy to use, with a game inspired menu system. - Full mouse support, all buttons with a highlighted key is clickable and mouse scroll works in process list and menu boxes. - Fast and responsive UI with UP, DOWN keys process selection. - Function for showing detailed stats for selected process. - Ability to filter processes, multiple filters can be entered. - Easy switching between sorting options. - Send SIGTERM, SIGKILL, SIGINT to selected process. - UI menu for changing all config file options. - Auto scaling graph for network usage. - Shows message in menu if new version is available - Shows current read and write speeds for disks
We can use yum or dnf to install bpytop on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bpytop.
Install bpytop on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bpytop using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bpytop
Install bpytop on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bpytop using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bpytop
How To Uninstall bpytop on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bpytop package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bpytop
bpytop Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/bpytop
/usr/share/bpytop
/usr/share/bpytop/doc
/usr/share/bpytop/themes
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/adapta.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/default_black.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/dracula.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/dusklight.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/flat-remix-light.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/flat-remix.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/greyscale.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/gruvbox_dark.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/kyli0x.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/matcha-dark-sea.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/monokai.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/nord.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/solarized_dark.theme
/usr/share/bpytop/themes/whiteout.theme
/usr/share/doc/bpytop
/usr/share/doc/bpytop/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/bpytop/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bpytop
/usr/share/licenses/bpytop/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpytop on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.