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Ubuntu – Linux Process Explorer – GUI – Installation

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


References

1. Process Explorer