psutil (python system and process utilities) is a cross-platform library for retrieving information on running processes and system utilization (CPU, memory, disks, network, sensors) in Python. It is useful mainly for system monitoring, profiling, limiting process resources and the management of running processes. We have implemented real time resource monitor graph using this library.
To install psutil on your PC:
pip install psutil
ncurses is a library that facilitates text-based graphical output in the terminal. This project relies on ncurses for display output of CPU utilization as well as main memory utilization data.
To install ncurses on your Linux environment:
sudo apt install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev
This project uses Make. The Makefile has four targets:
buildcompiles the source code and generates an executableformatapplies ClangFormat to style the source codedebugcompiles the source code and generates an executable, including debugging symbolscleandeletes thebuild/directory, including all of the build artifacts
sudo apt-get -y install cmake
sudo apt-get -y install cmake-qt-gui
Navigate to home directory path in terminal and write following commands:
For displaying CPU utilization as well as main memory utilization stats :
rmdir ./build
make build
./build/monitor
For displaying real-time resource monitor (will only work for Windows):
python3 ./src/resource_usage_graph.py
You can also run
./script.shdirectly in your Linux Terminal
If the above steps do not work, make sure you have added execution perms for the
./build/monitorand./script.sh
The code was tested on the following specifications
- PC :
ACER ASPIRE 7 - CPU :
Intel Core™ i5-9300H - GPU :
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 / 60 Hz - RAM :
8 GB - OS :
Ubuntu 16.02.4 LTS - Kernal :
4.15.0-72-generic