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@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@ Glances uses the PsUtil library to get information from your system. It is developed in Python. +Console (80x24) screenshot: +  +Wide terminal (> 90x24) screenshot: + + + ## Installation Pre-requisites (information for packagers): @@ -29,36 +35,40 @@ Pre-requisites (information for packagers): Packages exist for Arch, Fedora, Redhat, FreeBSD... -### From PPA (easy way for Ubuntu/Mint...) +### From PyPi (easy and cross platform way) -Arnaud Hartmann (thanks to him !) maintains a PPA with the latest Glances version: +PyPi is an official Python package manager. -The PPA is available for Ubuntu version 9.10 to 12.04. +You first need to install pypi on your system. For example on Debian/Ubuntu: -To install the PPA just enter: + $ sudo apt-get install python-pip build-essential python-dev - $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:arnaud-hartmann/glances-stable - $ sudo apt-get update +Then install the latest Glances version: -Then install Glances: + $ sudo pip install glances + +Note: if you are behind an HTTP Proxy, you should use - $ sudo apt-get install glances + $ sudo pip install --proxy=user:password@url:port glances -### From PyPi (easy way) +### From PPA (easy way for Ubuntu/Mint...) -PyPi is an official Python package manager. +Arnaud Hartmann (thanks to him !) maintains a PPA with the latest Glances version: -You first need to install pypi on your system. For example on Debian/Ubuntu: +The PPA is available for Ubuntu version 9.10 to 12.04. - $ sudo apt-get install python-pip build-essential python-dev +To install the PPA just enter: -Then install the latest Glances version: + $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:arnaud-hartmann/glances-stable + $ sudo apt-get update - $ sudo pip install glances +Then install Glances: + + $ sudo apt-get install glances ### From [Homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/) via PyPi (OS X) - $ brew install brew-pip + $ brew install brew-pip $ export PYTHONPATH=$(brew --prefix)/lib/python2.7/site-packages $ brew pip Glances @@ -66,13 +76,15 @@ Then install the latest Glances version: Get the latest version: - $ wget https://github.com/downloads/nicolargo/glances/glances-1.4.tar.gz + $ rm -rf /tm/nicolargo-glances-* + $ wget -O /tmp/glances-last.tgz https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/tarball/master -Glances use a standard GNU style installer: +Glances use a standard GNU style installer (for a Debian like system): $ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools build-essential python-dev - $ tar zxvf glances-1.4.tar.gz - $ cd glances-1.4 + $ cd /tmp + $ tar zxvf glances-last.tgz + $ cd nicolargo-glances-* $ sudo python setup.py install ## Running @@ -121,8 +133,14 @@ The header shows the host name and the operating system name, version and archit ### CPU +Short view: +  +Long view (only available if your terminal is wide enough) + + + The CPU stats are shown as a percentage and for the configured refresh time. The total CPU usage is displayed on the first line. @@ -229,8 +247,14 @@ If disk used is > 90%, then status is set to "CRITICAL". ### Processes +Short view: +  +Long view (only available if your terminal is wide enough) + + + Glances displays a summary and a list of processes. By default (or if you hit the 'a' key) the process list is automatically @@ -253,6 +277,7 @@ The number of processes in the list is adapted to the screen size. T - Traced or stopped Z - Zombie or "hung" process +* IO READ and WRITE: Per process IO read and write * TIME+: Cumulative CPU time used * NAME: Process name or command line @@ -286,11 +311,3 @@ i18n_francais_generate.sh To generate spanish locale execute as root or sudo : i18n_espanol_generate.sh - -## Todo - -You are welcome to contribute to this software. - -* Code optimization -* Port to FreeBSD and Mac OS X -* Documentation for HTML and CVS export option |