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Follow Glances on Twitter: `@nicolargo`_ or `@glances_system`_
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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.
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Requirements
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- ``python >= 2.6`` (tested with version 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3)
- ``psutil >= 0.5.1`` (recommended version >= 1.2.1)
- ``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
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PyPI: The simple way
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Glances is on `PyPI`_. To install, simply use `pip`_:
.. code-block:: console
pip install Glances
To upgrade Glances to the latest version:
.. code-block:: console
pip install --upgrade Glances
Linux
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At the moment, packages exist for Arch Linux, Gentoo, Fedora/CentOS/RHEL,
Debian (Sid/Testing) and Ubuntu (13.04+), so you should be able to
install it using your favorite package manager.
FreeBSD
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To install the precompiled binary package:
.. code-block:: console
# pkg_add -r py27-glances
To install Glances from ports:
.. code-block:: console
# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/py-glances/
# make install clean
OS X
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OS X users can also install Glances using `Homebrew`_ or `MacPorts`_.
Homebrew
````````
.. code-block:: console
$ brew install python
$ pip install Glances
MacPorts
````````
.. code-block:: console
$ sudo port install glances
Windows
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Glances proposes a Windows client based on the `colorconsole`_ Python library.
Glances < 1.7.2 only works in server mode. It will run in server mode automatically.
Thanks to Nicolas Bourges, Glances can be easily installed using a Windows installer:
Glances-1.7.2-win32.msi_ (32-bit, MD5: dba4f6cc9f47b6806ffaeb665c093270)
Otherwise, you have to follow these steps:
- Install Python for Windows: http://www.python.org/getit/
- Install the psutil library: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=psutil#downloads
- Install the colorconsole library: http://code.google.com/p/colorconsole/downloads/list
- Download Glances from here: http://nicolargo.github.io/glances/
Source
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To install Glances from source:
.. 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*: Python headers are required to install psutil. For example, you need to install first:
* On Debian/Ubuntu, the *python-dev* package
* On CentOS/Fedora, the *python-devel* package (from the EPEL repository)
* On openSUSE/SLES/SLED, the *python-devel* package (from Oss repository)
Puppet
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You can install Glances using `Puppet`_: https://github.com/rverchere/puppet-glances
Usage
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Just run:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances
and RTFM, always.
Documentation
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For complete documentation see `glances-doc`_.
Author
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Nicolas Hennion (@nicolargo) <nicolas@nicolargo.com>
License
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LGPL. See ``COPYING`` for more details.
.. _psutil: https://code.google.com/p/psutil/
.. _@nicolargo: https://twitter.com/nicolargo
.. _@glances_system: https://twitter.com/glances_system
.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi
.. _pip: http://www.pip-installer.org/
.. _Homebrew: http://brew.sh/
.. _MacPorts: https://www.macports.org/
.. _Glances-1.7.2-win32.msi: http://glances.s3.amazonaws.com/Glances-1.7.2-win32.msi
.. _colorconsole: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/colorconsole
.. _Puppet: https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/what-is-puppet/
.. _glances-doc: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/blob/master/docs/glances-doc.rst