How To Install sbws-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install sbws-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. sbws-doc is Simple Bandwidth Scanner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbws-doc on Debian 10.

What is sbws-doc

sbws-doc is:

Tor bandwidth scanner that generates bandwidth list (measurements) files to be read by Directory Authorities.

This package contains the sbws documentation.

There are three methods to install sbws-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sbws-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sbws-doc

Install sbws-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sbws-doc

Install sbws-doc 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 sbws-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sbws-doc

How To Uninstall sbws-doc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the sbws-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sbws-doc

Uninstall sbws-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sbws-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sbws-doc

Remove sbws-doc Configurations and Data

To remove sbws-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sbws-doc

Remove sbws-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sbws-doc

Dependencies

sbws-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbws-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.