{"id":48833,"date":"2025-05-08T09:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=48833"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:01:11","slug":"occt-adds-linux-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/occt-adds-linux-support\/","title":{"rendered":"All-in-one Stress Test &#038; Benchmark Tool OCCT Adds Official Linux Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pressure-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-48834\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pressure-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pressure-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pressure-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pressure-icon-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pressure-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pressure-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to benchmark or do stress test on your Linux PC or laptop? The all-in-one solution OCCT can now do the job for you!<\/p>\n<p>OCCT, stands for Overclock Checking Tool, is a popular computer hardware stability testing, benchmark, and monitoring tool. It offers pro, enterprise, and command line versions that need to pay for use, as well as a personal use edition with all core functions for <b>free<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-3d-adaptive.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48835\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-3d-adaptive-700x413.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-3d-adaptive-700x413.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-3d-adaptive-300x177.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-3d-adaptive-768x453.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-3d-adaptive-1320x779.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-3d-adaptive.webp 1525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>OCCT was a Windows only software. Since few weeks ago, it added native Linux support! And, it&#8217;s been made pre-installed in CachyOS Linux Distribution.<\/p>\n<p>With OCCT, you may do stability test on your CPU, Memory, GPU, Video RAM, Power supply, and combination which is useful to identify hardware instability issues, such as overheating.<\/p>\n<p>It can also benchmark CPU, Memory, and upload to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocbase.com\/benchmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online database<\/a>, where you can compare your CPU \/ Memory performance with others by viewing the rankings and scores.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-monitoring.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48836\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-monitoring-700x413.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-monitoring-700x413.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-monitoring-300x177.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-monitoring-768x453.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-monitoring-1320x779.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-monitoring.webp 1509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you see in the screenshot above, it also monitor CPU, GPU, Memory usage, temperature, and frequency in header bar. While, there&#8217;s detailed monitoring support with table view and graph view of the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>per core CPU usage, temperature, and frequency.<\/li>\n<li>GPU usage, temperature, VRAM usage, power limit.<\/li>\n<li>physical memory load in MB and percentage.<\/li>\n<li>fan speed.<\/li>\n<li>battery voltage.<\/li>\n<li>storage disk (HDD\/SSD) temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>OCCT also has downside<\/b>. That&#8217;s every time when I clicking &#8220;Start&#8221;, it pops up a dialog that needs to wait 10 seconds counting down, though it may be for the personal version only.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-countdown.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48837\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-countdown-700x467.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-countdown-700x467.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-countdown-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-countdown-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-countdown-1320x881.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-countdown.webp 1501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install OCCT in Ubuntu &amp; other Linux<\/h3>\n<p>To get OCCT, first go to its website via the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocbase.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download OCCT<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Select download &#8220;OCCT FOR LINUX&#8221;, then you&#8217;ll get a single executable file. Just right-click on it and go to &#8220;Properties&#8221;, then enable &#8220;Executable as Program&#8221; permission, finally, click run it to launch the program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/run-occt.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48838\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/run-occt-700x490.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/run-occt-700x490.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/run-occt-300x210.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/run-occt-768x537.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/run-occt.webp 1069w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>For choice, you may add OCCT into app launcher, so you can launch it from start menu or GNOME Overview like other applications<\/b>. To do so, follow the steps below one by one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, move the single executable <b>OCCT<\/b> file into <code>.local\/bin<\/code> directory. Here, you need to press Ctrl+H in user home to see the <code>.local<\/code> folder, and create <b>bin<\/b> sub-folder if it does not exist.<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-bin.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48839\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-bin-700x417.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-bin-700x417.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-bin-300x179.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-bin-768x458.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-bin.webp 981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><b>NOTE: If <code>.local\/bin<\/code> is NOT in your PATH (press Ctrl+Alt+T, and run <code>echo $PATH<\/code> in terminal to tell), then you need a log out and back in after created the &#8220;.local\/bin&#8221; sub-folder.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>(optional) Next, download an icon file (<code>.png<\/code>, or <code>.svg<\/code>) for OCCT from the web. Then, put it into <code>.local\/share\/icons<\/code> directory.<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48840\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-icon-700x417.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-icon-700x417.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-icon-300x179.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-icon-768x458.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-icon.webp 981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Then, launch text editor and create an empty document, and paste the following lines into file:\n<pre>[Desktop Entry]\r\nName=OCCT\r\nComment=all-in-one stability, stress test, benchmark and monitoring tool\r\nExec=OCCT\r\nIcon=occt\r\nTerminal=false\r\nType=Application\r\nCategories=Utility;\r\nStartupNotify=false<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, save the file as <b>occt.desktop<\/b> under <code>.local\/share\/applications<\/code> directory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-desktopentry.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48841\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-desktopentry-700x471.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-desktopentry-700x471.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-desktopentry-300x202.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-desktopentry-768x516.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/occt-desktopentry.webp 1087w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If everything&#8217;s done correctly, you&#8217;ll be able to search &amp; launch OCCT like other apps few moments later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/launch-occt.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48842\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/launch-occt.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/launch-occt.webp 552w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/launch-occt-300x159.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall:<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall OCCT, just delete the executable file, icon file, and the <code>occt.desktop<\/code> file under corresponding directories.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to benchmark or do stress test on your Linux PC or laptop? 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