bashtop command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix bashtop command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

bashtop: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bashtop: command not found

Solutions to bashtop: command not found

How To Fix bashtop: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bashtop is provided by bashtop package.

bashtop is:

Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes. bashtop includes:

  • Easy to use, with a game inspired menu system.
  • Fast and responsive UI with UP, DOWN keys process selection.
  • Function for showing detailed stats for selected process.
  • Ability to filter processes.
  • Easy switching between sorting options.
  • Send SIGTERM, SIGKILL, SIGINT to selected process.
  • UI menu for changing all config file options.
  • Auto scaling graph for network usage.
  • Shows current read and write speeds for disks.
  • Multiple data collection methods which can be switched if running on Linux.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install bashtop

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install bashtop.

sudo apt -y install bashtop

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install bashtop

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix bashtop command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.