htop

I want to install htop on Oracle Linux 8.7. How hard could it be? TL;DR; - it’s not hard, but it took me a little while to get htop installed. I’m not new to (most) Linux distros, but this is the first time I’m using Oracle Linux. So, let’s start by showing some basic information. [root@catbus ~]# cat /etc/os-release | grep -i pretty PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 8.7" [root@catbus ~]# rpm -qi htop package htop is not installed [root@catbus ~]# dnf search htop Last metadata expiration check: 0:23:03 ago on Mon 06 Feb 2023 11:32:58 AM GMT....

Just browsed around through Linux blogs and I came across an interesting tool “htop” posted at Linux and Open Source Blog. What is htop? It’s an interactive process viewer for Linux. It’s very similar to top, however htop enables you to scroll the list vertically or horizontally; as well as supporting mouse operation. To install htop on Debian/Ubuntu distros, run this command: $ sudo apt-get install htop For openSUSE 10.2, you probably can install it with Yast, but I like smart:...