Glances

Glances Description

Glances is a command-line interface curses-based monitoring tool for GNU/Linux or BSD OS.Glances uses the libstatgrab library to get information from your system. It is developed in Python and uses the python-statgrab lib.InstallationFrom package managerPackages exist for Arch, Fedora, Redhat ...From sourceGet the latest version: wget https://github.com/downloads/nicolargo/glances/glances-1.3.2.tar.gzGlances use a standard GNU style installer: tar zxvf glances-1.3.2.tar.gz $ cd glances-1.3.2 $ ./configure $ make $ sudo make installNotes: For Debian. The Debian Squeeze repos only include the python-statgrab 0.4. You had to install the version 0.5 using the following commands:sudo apt-get install libstatgrab-dev pkg-config python-dev make $ wget http://ftp.uk.i-scream.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/pystatgrab/pystatgrab-0.5.tar.gz $ tar zxvf pystatgrab-0.5.tar.gz $ cd pystatgrab-0.5/ $ ./setup.py build $ sudo ./setup.py installNotes: For Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10. The instruction to install the version 0.5 are here: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/5#issuecomment-3033194RunningEasy: glances.pyUser guideBy default, stats are refreshed every second, to change this setting, you can use the -t option. For exemple to set the refrech rate to 5 seconds: glances.py -t 5Importants stats are colored: GREEN: stat counter is"OK" BLUE: stat counter is"CAREFUL" MAGENTA: stat counter is"WARNING" RED: stat counter is"CRITICAL"When Glances is running, you can press: 'a' to set the automatic mode. The processes are sorted automatically If CPU > 70%, sort by process"CPU consumption" If MEM > 70%, sort by process"memory size" 'c' to sort the processes list by CPU consumption 'm' to sort the processes list by process size 'q' ExitProduct's homepage Requirements: · Python · pystatgrab �.You can free download Glances from Softpedia now.