How To Install check-postgres on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install check-postgres
on Debian 11.
What is check-postgres
check-postgres is:
check_postgres is a Perl script that runs many different tests against one or more Postgres databases. It uses the psql program to gather the information, and outputs the results in one of three formats: Nagios, MRTG, or simple.
There are three methods to install check-postgres
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install check-postgres Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install check-postgres
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install check-postgres
Install check-postgres Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install check-postgres
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install check-postgres
Install check-postgres 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install check-postgres
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install check-postgres
How To Uninstall check-postgres on Debian 11
To uninstall only the check-postgres
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove check-postgres
Uninstall check-postgres And Its Dependencies
To uninstall check-postgres
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove check-postgres
Remove check-postgres Configurations and Data
To remove check-postgres
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge check-postgres
Remove check-postgres configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove check-postgres
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge check-postgres
Dependencies
check-postgres have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install check-postgres
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.