How To Install pgloader on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pgloader on Ubuntu.
What is pgloader
pgloader is:
pgloader imports data from different kind of sources and COPY it into PostgreSQL.
The command language is described in the manual page and allows one to describe where to find the data source, its format, and to describe data processing and transformation.
Supported source formats include CSV, fixed width flat files, dBase3 files (DBF), and SQLite and MySQL databases. In most of those formats, pgloader is able to auto-discover the schema and create the tables and the indexes in PostgreSQL. In the MySQL case it’s possible to edit CASTing rules from the pgloader command directly.
There are three methods to install pgloader on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pgloader Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pgloader using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pgloader
Install pgloader Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pgloader using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pgloader
Install pgloader 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 pgloader using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pgloader
How To Uninstall pgloader on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pgloader package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pgloader
Uninstall pgloader And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pgloader and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pgloader
Remove pgloader Configurations and Data
To remove pgloader configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pgloader
Remove pgloader configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pgloader configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pgloader
Dependencies
pgloader have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pgloader package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.