How to install glances

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How to install glances

Introduction:
In short Glances is a command line monitoring tools which present real time report regarding the following uses at a glance.
1. CPU uses,
2. server load,
3. memeory uses,
4. swap memory uses,
5. network interface uses,
6. HDD uses, and
7. Processes uses

On RedHat   
Download the packages:
[root@gw ~]# wget ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/fedora/epel/6/i386/glances-1.7.3-1.el6.noarch.rpm
[root@gw ~]# wget ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/fedora/epel/6/x86_64/python-psutil-0.6.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Simply install them:
[root@gw ~]# rpm -ivh python-psutil-0.6.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
[root@gw ~]# rpm -ivh glances-1.7.3-1.el6.noarch.rpm
[root@gw ~]# glances

On Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint
root@gw~# sudo apt-add-repository ppa:arnaud-hartmann/glances-stable
root@gw~# sudo apt-get update
root@gw~# sudo apt-get install glances

Usage of Glances
root@gw~# glances

 Glances Color Codes
Meaning of Glances color code:
    -> GREEN: OK (everything is fine)
    -> BLUE: CAREFUL (need attention)
    -> VIOLET: WARNING (alert)
    -> RED: CRITICAL (critical)

Reference
http://www.tecmint.com/glances-an-advanced-real-time-system-monitoring-tool-for-linux/