How to Install and Uninstall xrestop Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "xrestop" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install xrestop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall xrestop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xrestop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xrestop package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xrestop
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Moray Allan
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4-9build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libncurses5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libx11-6, libxres1
Filename: pool/universe/x/xrestop/xrestop_0.4-9build1_amd64.deb
Size: 9994
MD5sum: 7aee9c435b28c9638d4600d9b9d105f3
SHA1: a2c336bfddf192534d363abd68d2c4ba7cd7284d
SHA256: d1c8aa0645c6d765150f5d2003513cf7aac2cb47d6e9993b5442fc613359e45f
Description-en: X11 server resource usage monitor
xrestop uses the X-Resource extension to provide top(1)-like statistics
for each connected X11 client's server-side resource usage. It is intended
as a developer tool to aid more efficient server resource usage and debug
server-side resource leakage.
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xrestop requires the X-Resource extension, supported by XFree86 4.3 and
above, and by the freedesktop.org X server.
Description-md5: 485b910ad2e3fba713493a06516c2b82
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu