How to install Bpytop on Ubuntu 22.04

To Install Bpytop On Ubuntu 22.04

Introduction

Bpytop is a Python-based resource monitoring tool that is free and open source. It is quite 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.

Procedure Steps

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

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Release:	22.04
Codename:	jammy

Step – 2 : Now update the repository by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [119 kB]
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [1,106 kB]
Get:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/restricted i386 Packages [32.8 kB]
Fetched 1,368 kB in 3s (416 kB/s)   
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
106 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

Step 3: Install bpytop by using the apt command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install bpytop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libflashrom1 libftdi1-2 libllvm13
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 106 not upgraded.
Need to get 360 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,030 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 python3-distutils all 3.10.8-1~22.04 [139 kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 python3-psutil amd64 5.9.0-1build1 [158 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 bpytop all 1.0.68-1 [62.8 kB]

Step 4: After the installation use bpytop command to monitor the system usage

root@linuxhelp:~# bpytop

Step 5: Now remove the Bpytop Configuration, Data and its dependencies by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get -y autoremove --purge bpytop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  bpytop* libflashrom1* libftdi1-2* libllvm13* python3-distutils* python3-psutil*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 106 not upgraded.
After this operation, 103 MB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 202503 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bpytop (1.0.68-1) ...
Removing libflashrom1:amd64 (1.2-5build1) ...
Removing libftdi1-2:amd64 (1.5-5build3) ...
Removing libllvm13:amd64 (1:13.0.1-2ubuntu2.2) ...
Removing python3-distutils (3.10.8-1~22.04) ...
Removing python3-psutil (5.9.0-1build1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.1) ...

Step 6: Verify that the bpytop was removed or not by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# bpytop
bash: /usr/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 Installation of Bpytop on Ubuntu 22.04. Your feedback is much welcome.