How To Install gkrelltop on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrelltop on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gkrelltop
gkrelltop is:
Plugin for gkrellm that displays the top three cpu or memory intensive processes in a small window inside gkrellm, similar to wmtop. Useful to check out anytime what processes are consuming most cpu memory, or IO resources on your machine.
There are three methods to install gkrelltop on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gkrelltop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gkrelltop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gkrelltop
Install gkrelltop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gkrelltop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gkrelltop
Install gkrelltop 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 gkrelltop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gkrelltop
How To Uninstall gkrelltop on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gkrelltop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gkrelltop
Uninstall gkrelltop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gkrelltop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrelltop
Remove gkrelltop Configurations and Data
To remove gkrelltop configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gkrelltop
Remove gkrelltop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gkrelltop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrelltop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrelltop package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
