How to Install and Uninstall htop Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 09,2024

You can also install and uninstall the htop on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "htop" package

This tutorial shows how to install htop on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall htop on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the htop package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: htop
Version: 3.2.2-2
Installed-Size: 378
Maintainer: Daniel Lange
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: lm-sensors, lsof, strace
Description: interactive processes viewer
Description-md5: 8eb5aa19b3c92a975dc78e2165f6688d
Homepage: https://htop.dev/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, 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_3.2.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 152412
MD5sum: 8c0af9bce7a18ce14ead458dbc97185a
SHA256: 03f3b6ed16e96621add9577c92349d7000d13b2ae341faa28a3dfe7f7a0ff7d2