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:

# kldload linux

1	# kldload linux

2. Enable linux module at startup:

# echo "linux_enable=YES" >> /etc/rc.conf

1	# echo "linux_enable=YES" >> /etc/rc.conf

3. Install linux emulatior:
using pkg:

# pkg install linux_base-f10

1	# pkg install linux_base-f10

or using ports collection:

# cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10
# make install clean

1 2	# cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10 # make install clean

4. Add mount point to fstab:

# echo "linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab

1	# echo "linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab

5. Mount linproc

# mount linproc

1	# mount linproc

6. Install htop using pkg:

# pkg install htop

1	# pkg install htop

or htop from ports collection:

# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/htop
# make install clean

1 2	# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/htop # make install clean

Finally you can see on your FreeBSD htop: