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How to install SysMonitor Indicator in Ubuntu

To install SysMonitor Indicator in Ubuntu

SysMonitor Indicator is an open source application which provides the real time system information. It displays the activities of the system like CPU usage and Memory Usage. In this article we will learn the procedures to install the SysMonitor Indicator in Ubuntu.

To install SysMonitor Indicator

To start with the installation of SysMonitor tool, it is necessary to add the third party PPA repository as the package is unavailable in the default repo. Use the following command to add the PPA.

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/indicator-sysmonitor 
 Project webpage - https://github.com/fossfreedom/indicator-sysmonitor
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~fossfreedom/+archive/ubuntu/indicator-sysmonitor
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp556viw8x/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp556viw8x/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key F4FE239D from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp556viw8x/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key F4FE239D: public key " Launchpad PPA for fossfreedom"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Run the following command to Update the system.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update  
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease                     
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease [15.5 kB]             
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease                                                   
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease                                                  
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease                           
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily/main amd64 Packages [477 B]                                
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Sources                              
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Sources                                  
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily/main i386 Packages [477 B]                      
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Sources                                    
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en                                                                                                                  
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en                                                                                                            
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en                                                                                                            
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en                                                                                                              
Fetched 16.6 kB in 13s (1,260 B/s)                                                                                                                                                   
Reading package lists... Done


Now install the SysMonitor Indicator by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install indicator-sysmonitor -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  python3-psutil
Suggested packages:
  hddtemp lm-sensors python-psutil-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  indicator-sysmonitor python3-psutil
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 252 not upgraded.
Need to get 62.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 388 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/indicator-sysmonitor/ubuntu/ wily/main indicator-sysmonitor all 0.8.1-1 [13.5 kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main python3-psutil amd64 2.2.1-3 [49.1 kB]
Fetched 62.6 kB in 1s (53.2 kB/s)
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Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.2~bzr0+15.10.20150627.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1) ...
Setting up python3-psutil (2.2.1-3) ...
Setting up indicator-sysmonitor (0.8.1-1) ...


Search and open the application from Unity Dashboard.

Now the application is ready and it displays the CPU and memory load on the terminal.

To view it graphically. Right click on the task bar and click preferences

Then select Run on startup and click save.

To check for any advance settings, click on Advanced tab.


Tag : SysMonitor Indicator
FAQ
Q
How to install the SysMonitor indicator tool on Debian?
A
For the installation of the "SysMonitor Indicator" on Debian, use the following commands as below,
"sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/indicator-sysmonitor"
"sudo apt-get update"
"sudo apt-get install indicator-sysmonitor"
Q
How to install Nagios On CentOS 6?
A
For the installation of the Nagios on CentOS, use the following link as below "https://linuxhelpdevv2.revyy.com/how-to-install-nagios-xi-on-centos-6"
Q
how to get the SysMonitor toll form GitHub repository?
A
For downloading the SysMonitor form GitHub repository, use the following link as below "https://github.com/fossfreedom/indicator-sysmonitor"
Q
What are the alternative tool available for SysMonitor?
A
Here I have mentioned some of the alternatives for the SysMonitor,
Gnome System Monitor, GKrellM, Nagios, Monitorix, System Load Indicator
Q
What kind of information from the SysMonitor tool?
A
The following information is getting from using them
SysMonitor Tool,

System: Displays general information about the Ubuntu workstation.
Processes: Shows real-time information about programs currently running on the system.
Resources: Shows real-time information about CPU and memory usage.
File Systems: Shows information about the hard drives that are mounted on the system.