How To Install bpytop on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpytop on CentOS 8. bpytop is Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor

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 yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install bpytop

Install bpytop on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpytop on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.