How to install Multiload Indicator in Ubuntu
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To install Multiload Indicator in Ubuntu
Multiload Indicator is an open source application used to monitor and represent the system performance. It graphically depicts the usage of CPU & RAM, Swap, Network traffic and Load. Multiload indicator displays only one graphic processor as default. Users can able to customize the indicator and colors of the graphs on the panel. Installation of Multiload Indicator in Ubuntu is explained in this article.
Installation of Multiload Indicator
Before the installation, add the repository by using the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:indicator-multiload/stable-daily
Contains stable versions of the system load indicator.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~indicator-multiload/+archive/ubuntu/stable-daily
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpkyfg__i1/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpkyfg__i1/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key A49CCDDB from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpkyfg__i1/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key A49CCDDB: public key " Launchpad PPA for System Load Indicator developers" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
Update the newly added repository with the " apt-get update" command.
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://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Sources
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily/main amd64 Packages [559 B]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Sources
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily/main i386 Packages [566 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main amd64 Packages
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily/main Translation-en [227 B]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
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 16.8 kB in 12s (1,299 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Once the repository is updated, run the following command to install the Multiload indicator.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install indicator-multiload -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
indicator-multiload
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 252 not upgraded.
Need to get 143 kB of archives.
After this operation, 952 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/indicator-multiload/stable-daily/ubuntu/ wily/main indicator-multiload amd64 0.4-0+88~66~22~ubuntu15.10.1 [143 kB]
Fetched 143 kB in 2s (51.0 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package indicator-multiload.
(Reading database ... 175334 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../indicator-multiload_0.4-0+88~66~22~ubuntu15.10.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indicator-multiload (0.4-0+88~66~22~ubuntu15.10.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu1) ...
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) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.46.1-1) ...
Setting up indicator-multiload (0.4-0+88~66~22~ubuntu15.10.1) ...
Now its time of open the installed package through the Unity Dashboard.
Indicator will appear on the taskbar, which helps to view your system performance.
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