How to Install Htop Linux Process Monitoring On Fedora 30 Linux Workstation

In this article, we are going to learn How to Install Htop Linux Process Monitoring On Fedora 30 Linux Workstation. htop is an interactive system-monitor process-viewer and process-manager that is designed as a top-level alternative to the Unix program. A frequently updated list of the process running on the computer shows and is usually ordered in the amount of CPU usage.

How to Install Htop Linux Process Monitoring On Fedora 30 Linux Workstation
How to Install Htop Linux Process Monitoring On Fedora 30 Linux Workstation

Follow the below steps to Install Htop Linux Process Monitoring On Fedora 30 Linux Workstation:

Install the Htop Using Binary Packages in Fedora 30 Linux Workstation:

Now we are ready to install the Htop Linux Process Monitoring Application. So let’s go ahead and install the same using below DNF command.

[mangesh@localhost ~]$ sudo dnf install htop
[sudo] password for mangesh: 
Last metadata expiration check: 0:29:08 ago on Tue 16 Jul 2019 05:01:25 PM IST.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Installing:
htop x86_64 2.2.0-4.fc30 fedora 103 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 1 Package

Total download size: 103 k
Installed size: 335 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
htop-2.2.0-4.fc30.x86_64.rpm 355 kB/s | 103 kB 00:00 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 50 kB/s | 103 kB 00:02 
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1 
Installing : htop-2.2.0-4.fc30.x86_64 1/1 
Running scriptlet: htop-2.2.0-4.fc30.x86_64 1/1 
Verifying : htop-2.2.0-4.fc30.x86_64 1/1

Installed:
htop-2.2.0-4.fc30.x86_64

Complete!

Now to open the Htop Linux Process Monitoring Application just type the command htop on the shell prompt. Refer to the command below.

[mangesh@localhost ~]$ htop
How to Install Htop Linux Process Monitoring On Fedora 30 Linux Workstation
Htop Linux Process Monitoring Application

You can also open the Htop Linux Process Monitoring Application graphically using Search your computer box. Refer to the snapshot below.

How to Install Htop Linux Process Monitoring On Fedora 30 Linux Workstation
Htop Linux Process Monitoring Application

Install Htop Linux Process Monitoring Application from Source Packages:

To install the Hop Linux Process Monitoring Application 2.0.2 version, you must have development tools and Ncurses installed on your system to run a series of commands on your respective distribution.

[mangesh@localhost ~]$ yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
[mangesh@localhost ~]$ yum install ncurses ncurses-devel
[mangesh@localhost ~]$ wget http://hisham.hm/htop/releases/2.0.2/htop-2.0.2.tar.gz
[mangesh@localhost ~]$ tar xvfvz htop-2.0.2.tar.gz
[mangesh@localhost ~]$ cd htop-2.0.2

Now run the configure and make the script to install and compile htop.

[mangesh@localhost ~]$ ./configure
[mangesh@localhost ~]$ make
[mangesh@localhost ~]$ make install

Mainly in the Htop Linux Process Monitoring App, there are three sections.

  1. Header, where we can see info like CPUMemorySwap and also shows tasks, load average, and Up-time.
  2. List of processes sorted by CPU utilization.
  3. Footer shows different options like helpsetupfilter tree kill, nice, quit, etc.

How To Uninstall Htop Linux Process Monitoring Application in Fedora 30 Linux Workstation?

For any reasons, if you don’t like Htop Linux Process Monitoring Application and want to uninstall the application from your system using the following commands.

[mangesh@localhost ~]$ sudo dnf remove htop
[sudo] password for mangesh: 
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Removing:
htop x86_64 2.2.0-4.fc30 @fedora 335 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Remove 1 Package

Freed space: 335 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1 
Erasing : htop-2.2.0-4.fc30.x86_64 1/1 
Running scriptlet: htop-2.2.0-4.fc30.x86_64 1/1 
Verifying : htop-2.2.0-4.fc30.x86_64 1/1

Removed:
htop-2.2.0-4.fc30.x86_64

Complete!

That’s all, In this article, we have explained How to Install Htop Linux Process Monitoring Application in Fedora 30 Linux Workstation. I hope you enjoy this article. If you like this article, then just share it. If you have any questions about this article, please comment

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