How to Install and Uninstall iotop Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "iotop" package

This tutorial shows how to install iotop on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall iotop on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iotop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iotop package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: iotop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6-24-g733f3f8-1.1build1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Paul Wise
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 90
Depends: python3:any
Filename: pool/main/i/iotop/iotop_0.6-24-g733f3f8-1.1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 23024
MD5sum: 8b80ad5026793bfcb84bf72f0baa3c99
SHA1: 6c164bd917ddcd90f20aa0c2a42ea8f5cf43a17d
SHA256: 2ec6735533aaf7c4263c6f55914782eb753f0a4e037e12eef94df4752e292c36
SHA512: 73a1d529a0858b953d94c277d776138eec9a8583d73c075c582087ad471298cb0ced10063005338982b057a99a90fa76764db269ffdc2cb6de1449138aba8a0a
Homepage: http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/
Description-en: simple top-like I/O monitor
iotop does for I/O usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It watches I/O
usage information output by the Linux kernel and displays a table of
current I/O usage by processes on the system. It is handy for answering
the question "Why is the disk churning so much?".
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iotop can only run under a Linux 2.6.20 or later kernel built with the
CONFIG_TASKSTATS, CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT, CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING and
CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS build config options on.
Description-md5: c4f12688909987c39522befde2f1ee20