How To Install loadmeter on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install loadmeter on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is loadmeter
loadmeter is:
Loadmeter is an attractive X11 based system monitor. It displays load average, uptime, disk and memory usages. It uses a coloured bar graph display for easy reading and popup menus for other info. It uses less memory than xload.
There are three methods to install loadmeter on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install loadmeter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install loadmeter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install loadmeter
Install loadmeter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install loadmeter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install loadmeter
Install loadmeter Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install loadmeter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install loadmeter
How To Uninstall loadmeter on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the loadmeter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove loadmeter
Uninstall loadmeter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall loadmeter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove loadmeter
Remove loadmeter Configurations and Data
To remove loadmeter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge loadmeter
Remove loadmeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove loadmeter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge loadmeter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install loadmeter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.