In this lab, we’ll install `htop`, a resource utilization utility, and use it to look at system resource utilization. We’ll also use it to identify an active process and kill that process.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Install `htop`.
To install
htop
, run the following command:sudo apt-get install -y htop
- Kill the Xtightvnc process through `htop`.
Start
htop
:sudo htop
To kill the Xtightvnc process, scroll the highlighted row to the Xtightvnc service and press F9, then ENTER to send the kill command.
Once the process is killed, it will disappear from the
htop
interface.