How To Install haproxy-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install haproxy-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. haproxy-doc is fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy (HTML documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install haproxy-doc on Debian 12.

What is haproxy-doc

haproxy-doc is:

HAProxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy which is particularly suited for high availability environments. It features connection persistence through HTTP cookies, load balancing, header addition, modification, deletion both ways. It has request blocking capabilities and provides interface to display server status.

This package contains the HTML documentation for haproxy.

There are three methods to install haproxy-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install haproxy-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 haproxy-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install haproxy-doc

Install haproxy-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install haproxy-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install haproxy-doc

How To Uninstall haproxy-doc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove haproxy-doc

Uninstall haproxy-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall haproxy-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove haproxy-doc

Remove haproxy-doc Configurations and Data

To remove haproxy-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge haproxy-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

haproxy-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install haproxy-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.