cpustat command not found

Introduction

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

cpustat: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cpustat: command not found

Solutions to cpustat: command not found

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

In Ubuntu cpustat is provided by cpustat package.

cpustat is:

cpustat periodically reports the current CPU utilization of running tasks and can optionally report per CPU and per task utilization statistics at the end of a run. cpustat has been designed and optimized to use a minimal amount of CPU cycles to monitor a system hence it is a light weight alternative to traditional process monitoring tools such as top.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cpustat

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

You can also use apt command to install cpustat.

sudo apt -y install cpustat

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

sudo aptitude install cpustat

Summary

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