How To Install mate-system-monitor on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-system-monitor on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mate-system-monitor
mate-system-monitor is:
MATE system monitor allows you to graphically view and manipulate the running processes on your system. It also provides an overview of available resources such as CPU and memory. Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
There are three methods to install mate-system-monitor on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mate-system-monitor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-system-monitor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-system-monitor
Install mate-system-monitor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-system-monitor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-system-monitor
Install mate-system-monitor 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 mate-system-monitor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-system-monitor
How To Uninstall mate-system-monitor on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mate-system-monitor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-system-monitor
Uninstall mate-system-monitor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-system-monitor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-system-monitor
Remove mate-system-monitor Configurations and Data
To remove mate-system-monitor configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-system-monitor
Remove mate-system-monitor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-system-monitor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-system-monitor
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-system-monitor package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
