How to Configure htop in Linux

Step-1: PreRequisites

For installation of htop following are the dependencies

# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
# yum install ncurses-devel zlib-devel texinfo gtk+-devel gtk2-devel qt-devel tcl-devel tk-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel

Step-2: Installation and Configuration

Download and extract htop package from given URL:

cd /tmp
# wget http://woshka.com/opensource/htop-0.9.tar.gz
# tar -zxvf htop-0.9.tar.gz

Install and configure htop package as given below:

# cd htop-0.9
# ./configure
# make
# make install
# htop