How to install Multiload Indicator on Ubuntu 17.04

To install Multiload Indicator on Ubuntu 17.04

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 customize the indicator and colors of the graphs on the panel. This tutorial covers the installation of Multiload Indicator on Ubuntu 17.04.

Installation procedure

To proceed with the installation procedure, add the required repository by executing 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: keybox ' /tmp/tmpgk4n_n34/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: /tmp/tmpgk4n_n34/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key D834D91FA49CCDDB: public key " Launchpad PPA for System Load Indicator developers"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK

The repositories are added to the system. Update the system by running the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/indicator-multiload/stable-daily/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease                  
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease [89.2 kB]     
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/indicator-multiload/stable-daily/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [568 B]
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease [89.2 kB]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/indicator-multiload/stable-daily/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [568 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/indicator-multiload/stable-daily/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [252 B]
Get:8 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease [89.2 kB]  
Fetched 284 kB in 10s (28.3 kB/s)                                              
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Install the Multiload application by executing the following command and press y to continue with the installation.

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 283 not upgraded.
Need to get 146 kB of archives.
After this operation, 969 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/indicator-multiload/stable-daily/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 indicator-multiload amd64 0.4-0+88~69~22~ubuntu17.04.1 [146 kB]
Fetched 146 kB in 2s (56.6 kB/s)        
Selecting previously unselected package indicator-multiload.
(Reading database ... 171860 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../indicator-multiload_0.4-0+88~69~22~ubuntu17.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indicator-multiload (0.4-0+88~69~22~ubuntu17.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up indicator-multiload (0.4-0+88~69~22~ubuntu17.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.52.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+17.04.20170406-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...

The application is installed successfully. Type the application name in the Ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon to run the application.

The Multiload indicator is running successfully in the system.

Thus we conclude the installation of multiload indicator on Ubuntu 17.04.