How To Install pg_top on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pg_top on CentOS 8.
What is pg_top
pg_top is ’top’ for PostgreSQL processes. See running queries, query plans, issued locks, and table and index statistics.
We can use yum or dnf to install pg_top on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pg_top.
Install pg_top on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install pg_top using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pg_top
Install pg_top on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install pg_top using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pg_top
How To Uninstall pg_top on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pg_top package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pg_top
pg_top Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/pg_top
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/7ff7bf604b18d812b8fe1dc2de0ead8d5ea11e
/usr/share/doc/pg_top
/usr/share/doc/pg_top/HISTORY.rst
/usr/share/doc/pg_top/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/pg_top/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pg_top/Y2K
/usr/share/licenses/pg_top
/usr/share/licenses/pg_top/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pg_top.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pg_top on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.