How to Install and Uninstall htop Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 05,2024

1. Install "htop" package

Learn how to install htop on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall htop on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: htop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Lange
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 242
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: lsof, strace
Filename: pool/main/h/htop/htop_3.0.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 86828
MD5sum: f46c7909cf492d49490e5e73863be7cc
SHA1: c2376f298d2a460c979b94f3c24c800bff386724
SHA256: ed690bba52cb924fcf3e7d37520423c20857cdbee8f06f0a21679111522b6450
SHA512: 19a8ad19b4f1fd6b09bb7b2f3895bffc0fe5251a72d20ff42549fb9ea17c832ae542e961f946079fea69e95e0458c94c9069de8b423e8c82d9fbb1f536ab2064
Homepage: https://htop.dev/
Description-en: interactive processes viewer
Htop is an ncursed-based process viewer similar to top, but it
allows one to scroll the list vertically and horizontally to see
all processes and their full command lines.
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Tasks related to processes (killing, renicing) can be done without
entering their PIDs.
Description-md5: 8eb5aa19b3c92a975dc78e2165f6688d
Task: server, cloud-image, server-raspi, lubuntu-desktop