How To Install xrestop on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrestop on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xrestop.
Install xrestop on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xrestop using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xrestop
Install xrestop 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 xrestop using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xrestop
How To Uninstall xrestop on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xrestop package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xrestop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrestop on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.