How To Install pgtop 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 pgtop on Ubuntu.

What is pgtop

pgtop is:

pg_top is ’top’ for PostgreSQL.

• Monitor PostgreSQL processes.
• View currently running SQL statement of a process.
• View query plan of a currently running SELECT statement.
• View locks held by a process.
• View I/O statistics per process.
• View replication statistics for downstream nodes.

There are three methods to install pgtop 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 pgtop Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pgtop

Install pgtop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pgtop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pgtop

Install pgtop 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 pgtop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pgtop

How To Uninstall pgtop on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the pgtop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pgtop

Uninstall pgtop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pgtop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pgtop

Remove pgtop Configurations and Data

To remove pgtop configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pgtop

Remove pgtop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pgtop

Dependencies

pgtop have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpq5
• libtinfo6

References

• pgtop website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pgtop package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.