FreeBSD htop
Finally htop released on FreeBSD!
It took 10 releases of the FreeBSD to get htop. Htop is a very useful utility that I was missing in FreeBSD. So, good news, htop is now available from the FreeBSD ports collection or packages(pkg). The installation of the htop is very easy.
Installation FreeBSD htop takes several simple steps.
1. Load kernel module:
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# kldload linux |
2. Enable linux module at startup:
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# echo "linux_enable=YES" >> /etc/rc.conf |
3. Install linux emulatior:
using pkg:
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# pkg install linux_base-f10 |
or using ports collection:
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# cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10 # make install clean |
4. Add mount point to fstab:
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# echo "linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab |
5. Mount linproc
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# mount linproc |
6. Install htop using pkg:
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# pkg install htop |
or htop from ports collection:
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# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/htop # make install clean |