Install Bpytop System Monitor Tool on Ubuntu 22.04

This article is going to take you through on how to Install Bpytop system monitor tool on Ubuntu 22.04. Bpytop is a terminal-based resource monitor that efficiently and attractively displays various device resources. It’s a command-line system monitor program that’s similar to “htop,” “Bashtop,” and “Top” which has a game inspired them.

How to Install Bpytop System Monitor Tool on Ubuntu 22.04

We are going to install Bpytop using three methods;

Via snap
Via PIP Package Manager
Via Git Repo

Install Bpytop System Monitor Tool on Ubuntu 22.04 via snap

Run the following command to install Bpytop via snap.

sudo snap install bpytop

After installation, Bpytop can be launched using the following command.

bpytop

When you launch Bpytop, the following terminal monitoring window will be displayed.

Click on the mode option to change display mode e.g. statistics, processes or full and menu option to access menu Bpytop settings.

When you click menu option, select options on the following screen as shown below to open Bpytop settings.

You can change system, CPU, memory, network and processes display settings from here according to your preference.

Uninstall Bpytop using snap on Ubuntu 22.04

Run the command below to remove Bpytop using snap command.

sudo snap remove bpytop

Install Bpytop System Monitor Tool on Ubuntu 22.04 via PIP Package Manager

Run the command below to install Bpytop system monitor tool.

pip3 install bpytop

Uninstall Bpytop System Monitor Tool

To remove Bpytop run the following command.

sudo pip uninstall bpytop

Sample output

Found existing installation: bpytop 1.0.68
Uninstalling bpytop-1.0.68:
  Would remove:
    /usr/local/bin/bpytop
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/bpytop-1.0.68.dist-info/*
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/bpytop.py
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/adapta.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/default_black.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/dracula.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/dusklight.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/flat-remix-light.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/flat-remix.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/greyscale.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/gruvbox_dark.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/gruvbox_dark_v2.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/kyli0x.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/matcha-dark-sea.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/monokai.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/nord.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/solarized_dark.theme
    /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/themes/whiteout.theme
Proceed (Y/n)? y
  Successfully uninstalled bpytop-1.0.68

Install Bpytop System Monitor Tool on Ubuntu 22.04 via Git Repository

Start by installing git on your machine in case its missing 🙂

sudo apt-get install git

Then clone Bpytop repo

git clone https://github.com/aristocratos/bpytop.git

Navigate to Bpytop directory.

cd bpytop

Next run the magic command to install Bpytop.

sudo make install

You have reached the end of the article, Congratulations. You have learned how to Install Bpytop System Monitor Tool on Ubuntu 22.04.