How To Install pg_view on Fedora 34

pg_view is Command-line tool to display the state of the PostgreSQL processes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg_view on Fedora 34.

What is `pg_view`

pg_view is a command-line tool to display the state of the PostgreSQL processes. It shows the per-process statistics combined with pg_stat_activity output for the processes that have the rows there, global system stats, per-partition information and the memory stats.

We can use yum or dnf to install pg_view on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pg_view.

Install pg_view on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install pg_view using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pg_view

Install pg_view on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install pg_view using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pg_view

How To Uninstall pg_view on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pg_view

pg_view Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/pg_view
/usr/share/doc/pg_view
/usr/share/doc/pg_view/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/pg_view/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/pg_view/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/pg_view/images
/usr/share/doc/pg_view/images/pg_view_screenshot_new.png

References

pg_view website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg_view on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.