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Kshitij Raj Sharma
Kshitij Raj Sharma

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Monitor GPU Usage in WSL debian

NVTOP is like htop but for your graphics module . In this short tutorial I will share how to install nvtop in wsl debian

OS used :

cat /etc/os-release



PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="12"
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"


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1) Verify your graphics driver
In my case I have nvidida graphics



nvidia-smi


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It should display details about your graphics , if not first install it

2) Edit your debian source list to include non-free releases



sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list


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2) Modify the source list and add following



deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free-firmware


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3) Get update



sudo apt get update


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4) Now you can install nvtop



sudo apt install nvtop


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Now hit nvtop and you are all set !!

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