How To Install xrestop on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrestop in Fedora 36. xrestop is X Resource Monitor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrestop on Fedora 36.

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 Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xrestop.

Install xrestop on Fedora 36 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 Fedora 36 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 Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove xrestop

xrestop Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xrestop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/f5aedf0d036f6a6efef42000122f0ac7a5081f
/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

References

xrestop website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrestop on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).