How to install Bpytop on Rocky Linux 9.2

To Install Bpytop On Rocky Linux 9.2

Introduction:

Bpytop is a Python-based resource monitoring tool that is free and open source similar to other monitoring programs like top, htop, and bashtop which offer real-time monitoring of system resources, such as disc, network, processes, and CPU.

Installation Steps:

Step 1: Check the OS version by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="9.2 (Blue Onyx)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="9.2"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 9.2 (Blue Onyx)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:9::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
SUPPORT_END="2032-05-31"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky-Linux-9"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.2"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.2"

Step 2: Install pip3 using the below command. Pip is a package manager for Python, and it’s an essential tool for managing Python packages, including Bpytop.

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# dnf install python3-pip
Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS                                             5.2 kB/s | 4.1 kB     00:00    
Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS                                             1.4 MB/s | 2.2 MB     00:01    
Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream                                          6.1 kB/s | 4.5 kB     00:00    
Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream                                          3.8 MB/s | 7.4 MB     00:01    
Rocky Linux 9 - Extras                                             3.9 kB/s | 2.9 kB     00:00    
Rocky Linux 9 - Extras                                              12 kB/s |  13 kB     00:01    
Dependencies resolved.
===================================================================================================
 Package                 Architecture       Version                    Repository             Size
===================================================================================================
Installing:
 python3-pip             noarch             21.2.3-7.el9               appstream             1.7 M

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

Total download size: 1.7 M
Installed size: 8.7 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
python3-pip-21.2.3-7.el9.noarch.rpm                                3.1 MB/s | 1.7 MB     00:00    
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                              1.5 MB/s | 1.7 MB     00:01     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                           1/1 
  Installing       : python3-pip-21.2.3-7.el9.noarch                                           1/1 
  Running scriptlet: python3-pip-21.2.3-7.el9.noarch                                           1/1 
  Verifying        : python3-pip-21.2.3-7.el9.noarch                                           1/1 

Installed:
  python3-pip-21.2.3-7.el9.noarch                                                                  

Complete!

Step 3: Install Bpytop using pip3 using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# pip3 install bpytop
Collecting bpytop
  Downloading bpytop-1.0.68-py3-none-any.whl (83 kB)
     |████████████████████████████████| 83 kB 1.6 MB/s 
Requirement already satisfied: psutil<6.0.0,>=5.7.0 in /usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages (from bpytop) (5.8.0)
Installing collected packages: bpytop
Successfully installed bpytop-1.0.68
WARNING: Running pip as the 'root' user can result in broken permissions and conflicting behaviour with the system package manager. It is recommended to use a virtual environment instead: https://pip.pypa.io/warnings/venv

Step 4: Now you can access Bpytop simply by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# bpytop

Step 5: If you decide to remove Bpytop from your system, you can do so easily by running the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# pip uninstall bpytop
Found existing installation: bpytop 1.0.68
Uninstalling bpytop-1.0.68:
  Would remove:
    /usr/local/bin/bpytop
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/bpytop-1.0.68.dist-info/*
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/bpytop.py
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/adapta.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/default_black.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/dracula.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/dusklight.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/flat-remix-light.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/flat-remix.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/greyscale.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/gruvbox_dark.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/gruvbox_dark_v2.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/kyli0x.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/matcha-dark-sea.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/monokai.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/nord.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/solarized_dark.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/themes/whiteout.theme
Proceed (Y/n)? y
  Successfully uninstalled bpytop-1.0.68
WARNING: Running pip as the 'root' user can result in broken permissions and conflicting behaviour with the system package manager. It is recommended to use a virtual environment instead: https://pip.pypa.io/warnings/venv

Step 6: Verify that the bpytop was removed from our system or not

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# bpytop
bash: /usr/local/bin/bpytop: No such file or directory

Conclusion :

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to Install Bpytop on Rocky Linux 9.2. Your feedback is much welcome.