How To Install gkrellm-top on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-top on CentOS 7. gkrellm-top is GKrellM plugin which shows 3 most CPU intensive processes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-top on CentOS 7.

What is gkrellm-top

A GKrellM plugin which displays the top three CPU intensive processes in a small window inside GKrellM, similar to wmtop. Useful to check out anytime what processes are consuming most CPU power on your machine.

We can use yum or dnf to install gkrellm-top on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gkrellm-top.

Install gkrellm-top on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gkrellm-top using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gkrellm-top

Install gkrellm-top on CentOS 7 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 gkrellm-top using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gkrellm-top

How To Uninstall gkrellm-top on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gkrellm-top package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gkrellm-top

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-top on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.