How to Install and Uninstall htop Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "htop" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install htop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall htop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: htop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.5-7build2
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Lange
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 334
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
Filename: pool/main/h/htop/htop_3.0.5-7build2_amd64.deb
Size: 128078
MD5sum: c0e29142235dbfe71966d96d2afe2b28
SHA1: 21afa71a99694c298868e1829299159d815c7179
SHA256: ce8362bb923d011c5ed8ed22022e31b73bc66ce02cb69281218ae96af80cf4df
SHA512: 02b5132f7f7cf5f433eb64711618a80f8851c62dda3cd0b9046d04cfe60ccbdacf1a7f17a7d5d90147f78feef755746c43df5113e5e871a5e851cdce3ed62ac9
Homepage: https://htop.dev/
Description: interactive processes viewer
Description-md5: 8eb5aa19b3c92a975dc78e2165f6688d
Task: cloud-image, ubuntu-wsl, server, ubuntu-server-raspi, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi