How to Install Rtop on Manjaro

Rtop is a real-time monitoring tool that provides an overview of system resources on Linux systems. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Rtop from the official Github repository for Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation of Rtop, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• Manjaro Linux installed
• A package manager such as Pacman
• Git installed

Step 1: Install dependencies

Before installing Rtop, you need to install its dependencies. Open the terminal on your Manjaro system and run the following command to install the required development tools:

sudo pacman -S base-devel

Step 2: Clone Rtop repository

Next, you need to clone the Rtop repository from Github using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/rapidloop/rtop.git

This command will download the source code of rtop to your current working directory.

Step 3: Build and install Rtop

Go to the directory where you cloned the Rtop repository and run the following commands to build and install Rtop:

cd rtop
make
sudo make install

These commands will compile the source code and install the application on your system.

Step 4: Verify the installation

Once the installation is complete, you can verify it by running the following command:

rtop

This command will start the Rtop application, and you should see the real-time resource metrics on your screen.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Rtop on Manjaro from the official Github repository. Now you can use Rtop to monitor system resources in real-time.