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GNOME System Monitor-2.0.5

Introduction to GNOME System Monitor

The GNOME System Monitor package contains procman, GNOME's replacement to gtop.

Package information

GNOME System Monitor dependencies

Required

libgnomeui-2.2.2 and startup-notification-0.5

Installation of GNOME System Monitor

Install GNOME System Monitor by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX --localstatedir=/var/lib \
--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &&
make &&
make install

Note: make install will need path access to $GNOME_PREFIX/bin. If your preinstallation changes were made only to the user account, you will need to adjust your path prior to running make install.

Command explanations

--localstatedir=/var/lib: This switch puts ScrollKeeper files in /var/lib/scrollkeeper instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc.

Contents

The GNOME System Monitor package contains gnome-system-monitor.

Description

gnome-system-monitor

gnome-system-monitor displays the process tree and hardware meters.

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