How To Install hatop on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hatop on Debian 9.
What is hatop
hatop is:
HATop is an interactive ncurses client and real-time monitoring, statistics displaying tool for the HAProxy TCP/HTTP load balancer.
HATop’s appearance is similar to top(1). It supports various modes for detailed statistics of all configured proxies and services in near realtime. In addition, it features an interactive CLI for the haproxy unix socket. This allows administrators to control the given haproxy instance (change server weight, put servers into maintenance mode, …) directly out of hatop (using keybinds or the CLI) and monitor the results immediately.
There are three methods to install hatop 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 hatop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hatop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hatop
Install hatop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hatop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hatop
Install hatop 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 hatop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hatop
How To Uninstall hatop on Debian 9
To uninstall only the hatop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hatop
Uninstall hatop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hatop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hatop
Remove hatop Configurations and Data
To remove hatop configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hatop
Remove hatop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hatop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hatop
Dependencies
hatop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hatop package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.