How To Install glances-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glances-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glances-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
