How To Install pg-activity on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg-activity on Kali Linux. pg-activity is Realtime PostgreSQL database server monitoring tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg-activity on Kali Linux.

What is `pg-activity`

pg-activity is:

PgActivity is a curses-based realtime utility to display information from a running PostgreSQL database server.

It is modelled after the standard ’top’ utility, and displays information such as:

the running, waiting and blocking queries
cpu, memory and i/o usage of each query
the queries execution time

It also provides interactive commands to sort, filter, scroll and extend the queries list displayed.

There are three methods to install pg-activity on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pg-activity Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pg-activity

Install pg-activity Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pg-activity

Install pg-activity Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install pg-activity using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pg-activity

How To Uninstall pg-activity on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pg-activity package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pg-activity

Uninstall pg-activity And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pg-activity and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pg-activity

Remove pg-activity Configurations and Data

To remove pg-activity configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pg-activity

Remove pg-activity configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pg-activity

Dependencies

pg-activity have the following dependencies:

References

pg-activity website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg-activity package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.