A process monitoring tool which looks like Sysinternals Process Explorer
# download directory mkdir -p ~/build/process-explorer cd ~/build/process-explorer # download wget http://optimate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/procexp/bin_v1/procexp_1.5.275-0ubuntu1_all.deb # install dependancies sudo apt-get install -y python-configobj # install process explorer sudo dpkg -i procexp_1.5.275-0ubuntu1_all.deb # start sudo /bin/sh /usr/bin/procexp.sh # => more errors, doesn't work # => aaargh, i give up!
Troubleshooting
1. Missing python config
a@a:~/build/process-explorer$ sudo dpkg -i procexp_1.5.275-0ubuntu1_all.deb Selecting previously unselected package procexp. (Reading database ... 377671 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking procexp (from procexp_1.5.275-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of procexp: procexp depends on python-configobj; however: Package python-configobj is not installed. dpkg: error processing procexp (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Errors were encountered while processing: procexp {code} Fix: install python-configobj
{code} # install dependancies sudo apt-get install -y python-configobj