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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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Challenge
Install `htop`.
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To install
htop
, run the following command:sudo apt-get install -y htop
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Challenge
Kill the Xtightvnc process through `htop`.
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Start
htop
:sudo htop
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To kill the Xtightvnc process, scroll the highlighted row to the Xtightvnc service and press F9, then ENTER to send the kill command.
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Once the process is killed, it will disappear from the
htop
interface.
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