How can I update Gnome system monitor?

Question

I noticed there's a new version of Gnome system monitor while my version is 3.18.2. I tried to remove and reinstall it but I still have the same version. Opening Software Updater doesn't recommend me an update.

Solution

On my Xenial system gnome-system-monitor is fairly straightforward to build from source. First allow access to source code:

Dash > Software & Updates > Ubuntu Software >  Source Code

Then allow the system to reload the repositories. Pick up the build dependencies for gnome-system-monitor by running the following from within a Terminal window:

sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-system-monitor

Then download, compile and install gnome-system-monitor with the following single command which can be copied and then pasted into a Terminal window:

sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall && \
mkdir -v $HOME/Desktop/gnome-system-monitor_build && \
cd $HOME/Desktop/gnome-system-monitor_build && \
wget https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-system-monitor/3.20/gnome-system-monitor-3.20.1.tar.xz && \
tar xvf gnome-system-monitor-3.20.1.tar.xz && cd gnome-system-monitor-3.20.1 && \
./configure && make && \
sudo checkinstall --pakdir "$HOME/Desktop/gnome-system-monitor_build" \
     --backup=no --deldoc=yes --pkgname gnome-system-monitor --pkgversion 3.20.1 \
     --fstrans=no --deldesc=yes --delspec=yes --default

Log out and then back in (or simply open Dash, close it and then reopen it) and you should then see the following, (a screenshot taken from my own installation on Xenial Xerus):

Runs nicely on my system and when a new version is released this method can easily be tweaked to install the very latest version :)

Comments

[andrew.46]

You are using Xenial?

[Mohamed Slama]

@andrew.46 yes.

[andrew.46]

OK I have successfully installed the newest version and put the details in an answer :)

[Mohamed Slama]

please read the question before answering :) .

[srakrn]

Okay, sorry for that. How about sudo apt-get update?

[Mohamed Slama]

what's the ppa of gnome-system-monitor?

[Arup Roy Chowdhury]

There is no ppa for Ubuntu Unity, as I said, install Ubuntu Gnome and then install gnome ppa launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/ubuntu/gnome3-staging

[Mohamed Slama]

this is gnome 3 ppa but i asking for system monitor ppa.

[Arup Roy Chowdhury]

You can download the 3.20 version for Yakkety from the link given below and install it on Xenial but there is no separate PPA for gnome-system-monitor for Ubuntu. Is there any reason you want the latest one btw? I am on Arch with gnome latest as well as Ubuntu Xenial, I see nothing new added between both versions.

[Mohamed Slama]

thanks andrew.46 very much works for me :) i.imgur.com/EPtCL1t.png