How to Install and Uninstall htop Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "htop" package

Please follow the instructions below to install htop on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                htop
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "htop" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall htop on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                htop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the htop package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: htop
Source: htop (2.2.0-1)
Version: 2.2.0-1+b1
Installed-Size: 225
Maintainer: Daniel Lange
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: lsof, strace
Description: interactive processes viewer
Description-md5: 8eb5aa19b3c92a975dc78e2165f6688d
Homepage: https://hisham.hm/htop/
Tag: admin::monitoring, interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::monitor, works-with::software:running
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/htop/htop_2.2.0-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 92828
MD5sum: f28c4c4ba311a229ff01906227c3be60
SHA256: 9578bb30334d665d7482084936062a19093825027f1994bb1590191f310ac4d3