====== Installing htop ======
<color darkorange>Jan 2017</color>
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By Default, htop is not installed on Linux, it is not part of a minimal install on a software only ISO (although a customer could have added it themselves)
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On a brand new Linux, you will have to either:
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Update the repositories to be able to install htop, please check out this wiki page first (or the install will fail)
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[[wiki:centos_7_no_wget_install_epel|CentOs 7 no WGET install EPEL]]
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Or
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Just download the htop library, and install that
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curl -O https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7Server/x86_64/h/htop-2.0.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
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<color red>The above example is for CentOS 7, use the correct path for your CentOS version</color>
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Bear in mind that the htop version might change

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==== Install htop ====
The installation of htop is very simple, you just need to type in to the console:
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    yum install htop -y
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yum install htop -y

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * epel: epel.check-update.co.uk
 * epel-debuginfo: mirrors.coreix.net
 * epel-source: mirrors.coreix.net
 * epel-testing-debuginfo: mirrors.coreix.net
 * epel-testing-source: mirrors.coreix.net
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package htop.x86_64 0:2.0.2-1.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Package         Arch                    Version             Repository               Size
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Installing:     htop                    x86_64              2.0.2-1.el7 epel         98 k

Transaction Summary
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Install  1 Package

Total download size: 98 k
Installed size: 207 k
Downloading packages:
htop-2.0.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm                                     |  98 kB  00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Installing : htop-2.0.2-1.el7.x86_64                          1/1
  Verifying  : htop-2.0.2-1.el7.x86_64                          1/1

Installed:
  htop.x86_64 0:2.0.2-1.el7

Complete!

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==== htop Versions ====
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On CentOS 6 and earlier you will get htop v1.x.x.x
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On CentOS 7 you get htop v2.x.x.x
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