How to Install Bpytop Resource Monitoring Tool on AlmaLinux
This article will explain the Bpytop Resource Monitoring Tool, and how to install Bpytop using various methods.
What is the Bpytop Resource Monitoring Tool?
Bpytop is a Python-based resource monitoring tool that is free and open source. It offers real-time monitoring of system resources, such as disc, network, processes, and CPU. It is also quite similar to other monitoring programs like top, htop, and bashtop. Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD are just a few operating systems that Bpytop may install because it is cross-platform. It also has a simple and user-friendly online interface, keyboard and mouse compatibility, multiple filter support, and many more features.
Tutorial Requirements
- Operating system and version: AlmaLinux OS 8.
- Root access to your Linux system or via the sudo command.
Bpytop Installation
In this section, you may learn how to install Bpytop Resource Monitoring Tool in four ways.
- Using Yum Package Manager
- Using PIP Package Manager
- Using Snap Package Manager
- Using dnf
Installing Bpytop Using Yum Package Manager
You can install the Bpytop resource monitoring tool using the Yum package manager by following the below steps.
Step 1: Install Python 3
You must install python3 by executing the following command.
]# sudo yum install python3Step 2: Enable EPEL Repository
You must enable the EPEL repository before you can install Bpytop. You can do this by executing the following command to install the epel-release package.
]# sudo yum install epel-releaseStep 3: Install Bpytop
To install the Bpytop resource monitoring tool, execute the following command.
]# sudo yum install bpytopHere is the output.
[root@admin-noufal ~]# sudo yum install bpytop
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 43 MB/s | 14 MB 00:00
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:04 ago on Fri 21 Apr 2023 02:55:37 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
bpytop noarch 1:1.0.54-3.el8 epel 71 k
Installing dependencies:
python3-psutil x86_64 5.4.3-11.el8 appstream 372 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 2 Packages
Total download size: 443 k
Installed size: 2.2 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): bpytop-1.0.54-3.el8.noarch.rpm 1.2 MB/s | 71 kB 00:00
(2/2): python3-psutil-5.4.3-11.el8.x86_64.rpm 900 kB/s | 372 kB 00:00
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Total 449 kB/s | 443 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 1.6 MB/s | 1.6 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0x2F86D6A1:
Userid : "Fedora EPEL (8) <epel@fedoraproject.org>"
Fingerprint: 94E2 79EB 8D8F 25B2 1810 ADF1 21EA 45AB 2F86 D6A1
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : python3-psutil-5.4.3-11.el8.x86_64 1/2
Installing : bpytop-1:1.0.54-3.el8.noarch 2/2
Running scriptlet: bpytop-1:1.0.54-3.el8.noarch 2/2
Verifying : python3-psutil-5.4.3-11.el8.x86_64 1/2
Verifying : bpytop-1:1.0.54-3.el8.noarch 2/2
Installed:
bpytop-1:1.0.54-3.el8.noarch python3-psutil-5.4.3-11.el8.x86_64
Complete!Step 4: Verify Bpytop Installation
Execute the following command to confirm the installation of Bpytop.
]# bpytop -vThe output below displaying the versions of Bpytop and Psutil verifies that Bpytop was successfully installed.
[root@admin-noufal ~]# bpytop -v
bpytop version: 1.0.54
psutil version: 5.9.5Installing Bpytop Using PIP Package Manager
You can install the Bpytop resource monitoring tool using the PIP package manager by following the below steps. Before installing Bpytop, you must install python3, gcc, python3-devel and psutil packages.
Step 1: Install python3, gcc, and python3-devel Packages
You can Install python3, gcc, and python3-devel packages by executing the following command.
]# sudo yum install python3 gcc python3-develStep 2: Install the psutil Package
Install the psutil package by executing the following command.
]# sudo pip3 install psutilStep 3: Install Bpytop Using PIP
To install the Bpytop resource monitoring tool, execute the following command.
]# sudo pip3 install bpytopHere is the output.
[root@admin-noufal ~]# sudo pip3 install bpytop
Collecting bpytop
Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9b/d5/e7abbdf81ef666f4dcf1181ca12769fca4424905b6f8b24de4fe54c0fe86/bpytop-1.0.54-py3-none-any.whl (73kB)
100% |████████████████████████████████| 81kB 5.6MB/s
Collecting psutil<6.0.0,>=5.7.0 (from bpytop)
Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d6/0f/96b7309212a926c1448366e9ce69b081ea79d63265bde33f11cc9cfc2c07/psutil-5.9.5.tar.gz (493kB)
100% |████████████████████████████████| 501kB 2.7MB/s
Installing collected packages: psutil, bpytop
Running setup.py install for psutil ... done
Successfully installed bpytop-1.0.54 psutil-5.9.5Step 4: Verify Bpytop Installation
To verify that Bpytop has been installed, execute the following command.
]# bpytop -vHere is the output.
[root@admin-noufal ~]# bpytop -v
bpytop version: 1.0.54
psutil version: 5.9.5Installing Bpytop Using Snap Package Manager
You can install the Bpytop resource monitoring tool using the Snap package manager by following the below steps.
Step 1: Install Python 3
You can install python3 by executing the following command.
]# sudo yum install python3Step 2: Enable EPEL Repository
Before installing Bpytop, the EPEL repository needs to be enabled. You can do this by executing the following command to install the epel-release package.
]# sudo yum install epel-releaseStep 3: Install the snapd Package and Enable the Snap Communication Socket
Install the snapd package and enable the Snap communication socket by executing the following commands.
]# sudo yum install snapd
]# sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socketStep 4: Create a Symbolic Link
You can execute the following command to create a symbolic link.
]# sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snapStep 5: Install Bpytop Using Snap
To install the Bpytop resource monitoring tool using Snap, execute the following command.
]# sudo snap install bpytopHere is the output.
[root@admin-noufal ~]# sudo snap install bpytop
2023-04-21T03:10:55Z INFO Waiting for automatic snapd restart...
bpytop 1.0.68 from James Tigert (kz6fittycent) installedStep 6: Verify the Bpytop Installation
The Bpytop installation can be verified by executing the following command.
]# bpytop -vHere is the output.
[root@admin-noufal ~]# bpytop -v
bpytop version: 1.0.54
psutil version: 5.9.5Installing Bpytop Using dnf
You can install the Bpytop resource monitoring tool using dnf by following the below steps.
Step 1: Update the Yum Database
Update the yum database with dnf by executing the following command.
]# sudo dnf makecache --refreshHere is the output.
[root@admin-noufal ~]# sudo dnf makecache --refresh
AlmaLinux 8 - BaseOS 8.7 MB/s | 6.3 MB 00:00
AlmaLinux 8 - AppStream 15 MB/s | 12 MB 00:00
AlmaLinux 8 - Extras 30 kB/s | 19 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.Step 2: Enable EPEL Repository
You will need to enable the EPEL repository before you install Bpytop. To install the epel-release package, execute the following command.
]# sudo yum install epel-releaseStep 3: Install Bpytop Using dnf
You can install the Bpytop resource monitoring tool using Snap by executing the following command.
]# sudo dnf install bpytopHere is the output.
[root@admin-noufal ~]# sudo dnf install bpytop
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 20 MB/s | 14 MB 00:00
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:04 ago on Fri 21 Apr 2023 10:21:17 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
=======================================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
=======================================================================================================================================
Installing:
bpytop noarch 1:1.0.54-3.el8 epel 71 k
Installing dependencies:
python3-pip noarch 9.0.3-22.el8 appstream 19 k
python3-psutil x86_64 5.4.3-11.el8 appstream 372 k
python3-setuptools noarch 39.2.0-6.el8 baseos 162 k
python36 x86_64 3.6.8-38.module_el8.5.0+2569+5c5719bc appstream 18 k
Enabling module streams:
python36 3.6
Transaction Summary
=======================================================================================================================================
Install 5 Packages
Step 3: Verify the Bpytop Installation
To confirm the installation of Bpytop, execute the following command.
]# bpytop -vHere is the output.
[root@admin-noufal ~]# bpytop -v
bpytop version: 1.0.54
psutil version: 5.9.5Launch Bpytop
Step 1: Launch Bpytop
Launch the Bpytop command-line interface by executing the following command.
]# bpytopHere is the output.
Other Common Commands
Change Color
Bpytop's default color theme is slightly darker. However, you can modify it by pressing the ESC key and selecting OPTIONS.
Choose from 14 different color themes on this page.
For example, if you want to change the color theme from Default to Dusklight, click on the right arrow to change the theme and click ESC to reflect the changes.
Here is the output.
Change View
There are three modes available. You may also change the view by going to Menu > View mode.
You can also change the View mode to Full mode by executing the following command.
bpytop -fHere is the output.
You can execute the following command to change View mode to Proc mode.
bpytop -pHere is the output.
You can execute the following command to change View mode to Stat mode.
bpytop -sHere is the output.
Final Thoughts
This article explains how to install the Bpytop Resource Monitoring Tool on AlmaLinux. Bpytop provides a command-line interface for real-time monitoring of system resources such as disc, network, process, and CPU. Bpytop can be installed on various platforms, including Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD.
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