Install Indicator SysMonitor in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu 15.04. The Indicator SysMonitor is an Ubuntu application indicator to show various system parameters – showing memory and cpu usage.
The indicator shows cpu and memory usage and also various temperature sensors in the topbar. It works with gnome-panel and Unity and also offers the possibility to run your own command and display its output.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/indicator-sysmonitor
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-sysmonitor
Once installed, search in the dash for “indicator-sysmonitor” to open and run the indicator.
You can also install Indicator SysMonitor v0.6.2 on Ubuntu and derivatives via manual installation. To do so, run:
sudo apt-get install python3-psutil git
git clone https://github.com/fossfreedom/indicator-sysmonitor.git
cd indicator-sysmonitor
sudo make install
nohup indicator-sysmonitor &
To uninstall and remove Indicator SysMonitor from Ubuntu Systems, run the following command:
cd indicator-sysmonitor
sudo make uninstall