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How to install Stacer on Ubuntu 17.04

To install Stacer on Ubuntu 17.04

System monitoring and optimizer apps are every essential for any Operating System and Stacer is one such app specifically created for optimizing Linux machines. It is a GUI based, open-sourced resource monitoring system and its dashboard displays CPU, Memory, Disk and System information. It is so simple to install Stacer in Ubuntu and this article is about the same process.

Installing Stacer

One of the foremost things to be done for the installation of Stacer is prior installation of gdebi - the Debian Installer. Run the following command for the same purpose. 

root@linuxhelp:~#  apt-get install gdebi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7+nmu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...
root@linuxhelp:~#

Once it is done, you can download the Stacer package as follows. 

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Stacer/releases/download/v1.0.7/stacer_1.0.7_amd64.deb
--2017-08-04 01:07:52--  https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Stacer/releases/download/v1.0.7/stacer_1.0.7_amd64.deb
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.255.113, 192.30.255.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.255.113|:443... connected.
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stacer_1.0.7_amd64. 100%[===================> ]  35.45M   689KB/s    in 47s     

2017-08-04 01:08:43 (770 KB/s) - ‘ stacer_1.0.7_amd64.deb’  saved [37174058/37174058]

After downloading it, install the package by triggering the following command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# gdebi stacer_1.0.7_amd64.deb 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
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Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...


Stacer has been installed now. Use your Ubuntu dashboard and type stacer, the stacer icon appears on it. Click the icon to open it.

The Stacer application appears on your screen like the following image.

With this, the complete installation of Stacer on Ubuntu 17.04 is complete. You can see the system information eg. Hostname, Arch, CPU Model, CPU Speed etc. You can also check the current system resource usage including CPU Utilization, Memory Utilization, Disk space utilization & real time network stats.You can see the system information eg. Hostname, Arch, CPU Model, CPU Speed etc. You can also check the current system resource usage including CPU Utilization, Memory Utilization, Disk space utilization & real time network stats.

Tag : Ubuntu Stacer
FAQ
Q
How to uninstall Stacer from Ubuntu?
A
To uninstall Stacer, run the following command into a new terminal window.

sudo apt-get --purge remove Stacer
Q
What is command to install package for 64bits?
A
Here the command to install 64bit package Ubuntu

"sudo dpkg --install Stacer_1.0.1_amd64.deb"
Q
Does this stacer has Command line?
A
No, The stacer has only the GUI tool
Q
why you have used gdebi?
A
Gdebi is not default package manager for Ubuntu. But with that all required dependencies will also get installed along with that.
Q
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: ResourWhy E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?ce temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
A
For the following query use this command
"rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/lock do this and continue".