How to Install glances software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install glances software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

glances software package provides Curses-based monitoring tool, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install glances 

glances is installed in your system.

Make ensure the glances package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep glances *

You will get with glances package name, version, architecture and description in a table

glances package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Utilities
Package glances
Version 2.3-1build1
Description Curses-based monitoring tool
Sub Section Utils


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