How To Install glances-doc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glances-doc on Debian 9.

What is glances-doc

glances-doc is:

This package provides all information about glances and how to use it Glances is a cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool which aims to present a maximum of information in a minimum of space, ideally to fit in a classical 80x24 terminal or higher to have additional information. Also work in client/server mode. Remote monitoring could be done via terminal or web interface

There are three methods to install glances-doc 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 glances-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 glances-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install glances-doc

Install glances-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install glances-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install glances-doc

How To Uninstall glances-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove glances-doc

Uninstall glances-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glances-doc

Remove glances-doc Configurations and Data

To remove glances-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge glances-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

glances-doc have the following dependencies:

• libjs-sphinxdoc
• sphinx-rtd-theme-common

References

• glances-doc website

Summary

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