How to install Stacer on Ubuntu 16.04

To install Stacer on Ubuntu 16.04

Stacer is an open-source system optimizing tool used for checking the performance of Ubuntu machine. Stacer is a GUI tool and its dashboard can show data such as CPU, Memory & Disk Usage, and System cleaner to clean system caches.

Installing Stacer

Before installing Stacer, make sure you download the package from its official website. Use the following command for the same purpose.

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Stacer/releases/download/v1.0.4/Stacer_1.0.4_amd64.deb
--2017-03-23 14:24:38--  https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Stacer/releases/download/v1.0.4/Stacer_1.0.4_amd64.deb
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.112, 192.30.253.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com/releases/72979287/a1b54a1a-f796-11e6-8596-37be9591cca0.deb?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-
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HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 36307872 (35M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ Stacer_1.0.4_amd64.deb’ 

Stacer_1.0.4_amd64.deb                      100%[=========================================================================================> ]  34.62M  28.9KB/s    in 31m 24s 

2017-03-23 14:56:04 (18.8 KB/s) - ‘ Stacer_1.0.4_amd64.deb’  saved [36307872/36307872]

Once the package is downloaded, use the gdebi command to install Stacer.

Gdebi is not default package manager for Ubuntu.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install gdebi -y
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
root@linuxhelp1:~# rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/lock
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install gdebi -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gdebi-core gksu gnome-icon-theme libcairo-perl libgksu2-0 libglib-perl libgtk2-perl libpango-perl
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Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...

Stacer has been installed, use the following command to open the application.

root@linuxhelp1:~# Stacer

The Stacer Dashboard appears on your screen. Displaying the CPU, Memory, and Disk information.

System Cleaner option lets you to search for and clean unnecessary files on your system.

The Startup Apps section displays the list of the applications that run during the system startup.

In the Services section you can search for the services available on your system and manage them accordingly. You can enable or disable any service available on the Stacer.

Also, the Uninstaller section available on Stacer lets you to find and uninstall any software present in your system.

Wasn' t it an easy installation process? Stacer is a handy tool for new Ubuntu users, as it contains all the necessary options to optimize and monitor their system. So, new users can get things done without digging too deep in their machine.