How To Install balance on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install balance on Debian 9.
What is balance
balance is:
Balance is a load balancing solution being a simple but powerful generic tcp proxy with round robin load balancing and failover mechanisms. Its behaviour can be controlled at runtime using a simple command line syntax.
There are three methods to install balance on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install balance Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install balance using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install balance
Install balance Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install balance using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install balance
Install balance Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install balance using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install balance
How To Uninstall balance on Debian 9
To uninstall only the balance package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove balance
Uninstall balance And Its Dependencies
To uninstall balance and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove balance
Remove balance Configurations and Data
To remove balance configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge balance
Remove balance configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove balance configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge balance
Dependencies
balance have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install balance package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
