How To Install pg-auto-failover-cli on Debian 12

Learn how to install pg-auto-failover-cli on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pg-auto-failover-cli is Command line interface and service to manage pg auto failover Clusters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg-auto-failover-cli on Debian 12.

What is pg-auto-failover-cli

pg-auto-failover-cli is:

This CLI is used to manage pg_auto_failover installations to provide High Availability to Postgres.

There are three methods to install pg-auto-failover-cli on Debian 12. 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-auto-failover-cli 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-auto-failover-cli using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pg-auto-failover-cli

Install pg-auto-failover-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pg-auto-failover-cli

Install pg-auto-failover-cli 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 pg-auto-failover-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pg-auto-failover-cli

How To Uninstall pg-auto-failover-cli on Debian 12

To uninstall only the pg-auto-failover-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pg-auto-failover-cli

Uninstall pg-auto-failover-cli And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pg-auto-failover-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pg-auto-failover-cli

Remove pg-auto-failover-cli Configurations and Data

To remove pg-auto-failover-cli configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pg-auto-failover-cli

Remove pg-auto-failover-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pg-auto-failover-cli

Dependencies

pg-auto-failover-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg-auto-failover-cli package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.