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.
Ubuntu – How to update Gnome system monitor
16.04gnomesystem-monitor
Best Answer
On my Xenial system
gnome-system-monitor
is fairly straightforward to build from source. First allow access to 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:Then download, compile and install
gnome-system-monitor
with the following single command which can be copied and then pasted into a Terminal window: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 :)