How to Install EdMon on MXLinux

EdMon is a FOSS (Free and Open Source) system monitoring tool for Linux that is easy to use and is designed with a user-friendly interface. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install EdMon which is from https://github.com/Edraens/EdMon on the latest version of MXLinux.

Step 1 - Update System Packages

Before starting with the installation of EdMon, you need to update your system to make sure you have the latest packages installed:

Open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2 - Install Dependencies

Now that the system is up-to-date, we need to install some dependencies required by EdMon. In the terminal, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install git python3-pip python3-pyqt5 python3-psutil

Step 3 - Clone EdMon

After installing the dependencies, we will clone EdMan from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/Edraens/EdMon.git

Once the cloning is completed, navigate to the "EdMon" directory:

cd EdMon

Step 4 - Install Requirements

Before running EdMon, we need to install the required Python packages. In the terminal, run:

sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 5 - Run EdMon

Now we can start using EdMon. To start the application, run:

python3 edmon.py

The EdMon application will start, and you can start monitoring your system.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed EdMon on MXLinux.

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