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Installing and Using htop

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.

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Level

Beginner

Duration

30m

Published

Apr 15, 2019

Challenge

Install `htop`.
1. To install htop, run the following command:
```
sudo apt-get install -y htop
```
Challenge

Kill the Xtightvnc process through `htop`.
1. Start htop:
```
sudo htop
```
2. To kill the Xtightvnc process, scroll the highlighted row to the Xtightvnc service and press F9, then ENTER to send the kill command.
3. Once the process is killed, it will disappear from the htop interface.

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