Installing and Using htop

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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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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

May 26, 2025

Duration

30m

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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