How To Install pg_top on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg_top on Rocky Linux 8. pg_top is ’top’ for PostgreSQL process

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg_top on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pg_top

pg_top Package Contents on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.