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Glances 1.7.1
A cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool

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version 1.7.1 on Aug 26th, 2013
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Glances - An eye on your system

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Glances is a cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool written in Python.

It uses the psutil library to get information from your system.

https://raw.github.com/nicolargo/glances/master/docs/images/screenshot-wide.png
Requirements
  • python >= 2.6 (tested with version 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3)
  • psutil >= 0.4.1 (recommended version >= 0.6)
  • jinja (optional for HTML output)
  • pysensors (optional for HW monitoring support) [Linux-only]
  • hddtemp (optional for HDD temperature monitoring support)
  • batinfo (optional for battery monitoring support) [Linux-only]
  • setuptools
Installation
PyPI: The simple way

Glances is on PyPI. To install, simply use pip:

System Message: ERROR/3 (<string>, line 42)

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.. code-block:: console

    pip install Glances

Note:

On Debian/Ubuntu, you need to install first the python-dev package.

On CentOS/Fedora, you need to install first the python-devel package (from the EPEL repository).

To upgrade Glances to the latest version:

System Message: ERROR/3 (<string>, line 54)

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.. code-block:: console

    pip install --upgrade Glances
Linux

Actually, packages exist for Arch Linux, Fedora / CentOS / RHEL, Debian (Sid/Testing) and Ubuntu (13.04+), so you should be able to install it using your favorite package manager.

FreeBSD

To install the precompiled binary package:

System Message: ERROR/3 (<string>, line 70)

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.. code-block:: console

    # pkg_add -r py27-glances

To install Glances from ports:

System Message: ERROR/3 (<string>, line 76)

Unknown directive type "code-block".

.. code-block:: console

    # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/py-glances/
    # make install clean
OS X

OS X users can also install Glances using Homebrew or MacPorts.

Homebrew

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.. code-block:: console

    $ brew install brew-pip
    $ export PYTHONPATH=$(brew --prefix)/lib/python2.7/site-packages
    $ brew pip Glances

If you get the following error:

System Message: ERROR/3 (<string>, line 97)

Unknown directive type "code-block".

.. code-block:: console

    Error: Failed executing: pip install glances==X.X --install-option=--prefix=/usr/local/XXX/glances/X.X (.rb:)

Try to run:

System Message: ERROR/3 (<string>, line 103)

Unknown directive type "code-block".

.. code-block:: console

    $ pip install glances==X.X --install-option=--prefix=/usr/local/XXX/glances/X.X
    $ brew link Glances
MacPorts

System Message: ERROR/3 (<string>, line 111)

Unknown directive type "code-block".

.. code-block:: console

    $ sudo port install glances
Windows

Windows only support Glances in server mode. Glances will automatically run in server mode on it.

Thanks to Nicolas Bourges, Glances can be easily installed using a Windows installer:

Otherwise, you have to follow these steps:

Source

To install Glances from source:

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Unknown directive type "code-block".

.. code-block:: console

    $ curl -L https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/archive/vX.X.tar.gz -o glances-X.X.tar.gz
    $ tar -zxvf glances-*.tar.gz
    $ cd glances-*
    # python setup.py install

Note:

On Debian/Ubuntu, you need to install first the python-dev package.

On CentOS/Fedora, you need to install first the python-devel package (from the EPEL repository).

Puppet

You can install Glances using Puppet: https://github.com/rverchere/puppet-glances

Usage

Just run:

System Message: ERROR/3 (<string>, line 159)

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.. code-block:: console

    $ glances
Documentation

For complete documentation see glances-doc.

Author

Nicolas Hennion (@nicolargo) <nicolas@nicolargo.com>

License

LGPL. See COPYING for more details.

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