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How to compile atop from source code on Ubuntu
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How to compile atop from source code on Ubuntu

1. Download atop source code from homepage

https://www.atoptool.nl/downloadatop.php

OR using wget command

cd /tmp/
wget https://www.atoptool.nl/download/atop-2.5.0.tar.gz

2. Install dependencies packages and compile atop

apt install build-essential libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev

Extract and compile atop

cd /tmp/
tar -xzf atop-2.5.0.tar.gz
cd atop-2.5.0
make
make systemdinstall

OPTIONAL: Change log interval to 10s and log generations to 3 days

sed -i 's/LOGINTERVAL=600/LOGINTERVAL=10/g;s/LOGGENERATIONS=28/LOGGENERATIONS=3/g' /lib/systemd/system/atop.service

3. Start and enable atop

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start atop
systemctl enable atop

OPTIONAL: Configuration logrotate for atop

https://github.com/hoangdh/ghichep-LOG/blob/master/logrotate.d/atop

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