Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) is an open-source software tool designed to monitor, visualize, and manage system performance on various platforms. In this tutorial, we will guide you on installing PCP on POP! OS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation process, ensure you have the following:
The first step is to ensure our system is up-to-date. Use the below command to update the system:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Performance Co-Pilot is available in the POP! OS repository. To install it, you need to add the repository to the system. Run the following command to add the PCP repository:
echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pcp/stable/ubuntu focal main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pcp.list
Run the following command to add the repository GPG key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys DD4E49AA4B8CFFAE
Now that we have added the repository and its GPG key, use the below command to install PCP:
sudo apt install pcp
To start the PCP service, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start pmcd
To ensure that the PCP service starts automatically during system boot, run the below command:
sudo systemctl enable pmcd
You can verify PCP installation by running the following command:
sudo systemctl status pmcd
If PCP is running correctly, you should see an output similar to the one below:
pmcd.service - Performance Co-Pilot (pmcd)
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pmcd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-01-10 16:32:15 EAT; 2min 43s ago
Main PID: 63229 (pmcd)
Tasks: 8 (limit: 2351)
Memory: 14.0M
CPU: 13ms
CGroup: /system.slice/pmcd.service
└─63229 pmcd -s3 -f --no-detach
In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install Performance Co-Pilot on POP! OS Latest. You can now proceed to monitor system performance using PCP.
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