How To Install htop on Linux ~ TECH DHEE

htop is an interactive system-monitor process-viewer and process-manager. It is designed as an alternative to the Unix program top. It shows a frequently updated list of the processes running on a computer, normally ordered by the amount of CPU usage. if you want something new and more colorful and interesting UI, ‘htop’ might be for you.

Advantages of using htop:

Colour meters show you at a glance if CPU load, memory usage, commands etc.
Supports user communication utilizing the mouse as well as keyboard
Sort process list by CPU%, MEM%, TIME+ running etc., and in ascending or descending order
Fully customizable according to your needs
Help menu which lists all possible commands (useful for beginners)

Installation:

Packages for htop are available in most distros. Try the package manager from your system; chances are htop is available from there

GoboLinux: In GoboLinux you can fetch and compile htop by typing: Compile htop
Debian: In Debian you can fetch htop by typing: apt-get install htop
You can also download the binary packages from the Debian webpage.
Fedora: htop is part of Fedora Extras; you can fetch it by typing: yum install htop
RedHat: You can find RPM’s for htop at DAG.
Slackware: htop is part of Slackware. You can find it in the ap/ section.
Gentoo: In Gentoo Linux you can emerge the sys-process/htop package by typing: emerge sys-process/htop
AltLinux: here are the latest RPMs for AltLinux.
OpenSuSE: htop is included in the OpenSuSE build service.