How to Install and Uninstall latencytop Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "latencytop" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install latencytop on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall latencytop on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                latencytop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the latencytop package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: latencytop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5ubuntu4
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Giacomo Catenazzi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 69
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/l/latencytop/latencytop_0.5ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 28704
MD5sum: 5b4312d6ddedcdc7ad5b20d6249e06cf
SHA1: fb843688dce2937aa07df03992840ffd72f9bf5a
SHA256: 57648eabd13640bb466ea51fba77c173ad08f8520cb37ede3d37906cc8916a02
SHA512: d4a5cbbbe5f47c6293c53fcfaa6631a4ebea1bd57d0d503b35b048ac05292ffd927348fa30a811d0554424c960c058a71d01ff84d887813c38d231903419a620
Homepage: http://www.latencytop.org/
Description-en: A tool for developers to visualize system latencies
LatencyTOP is a Linux tool for software developers (both kernel
and userspace), aimed at identifying where in the system latency
is happening, and what kind of operation/action is causing the
latency to happen so that the code can be changed to avoid the
worst latency hiccups.
Description-md5: 7cc54bd3f215cbcc364144cfc6fde243