How To Install procinfo on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install procinfo on Debian 9. procinfo is reporter for system information from /proc and /sys

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install procinfo on Debian 9.

What is procinfo

procinfo is:

Procinfo-NG is a small program that gathers some system information from diverse files under /proc and /sys and prints it to the screen. Procinfo-NG is a complete rewrite of the old system monitoring app procinfo.

There are three methods to install procinfo 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 procinfo Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install procinfo using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install procinfo

Install procinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install procinfo using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install procinfo

Install procinfo 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 procinfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install procinfo

How To Uninstall procinfo on Debian 9

To uninstall only the procinfo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove procinfo

Uninstall procinfo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall procinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove procinfo

Remove procinfo Configurations and Data

To remove procinfo configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge procinfo

Remove procinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove procinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge procinfo

Dependencies

procinfo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install procinfo package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.