How To Install pg_view on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg_view on CentOS 7. pg_view is Command-line tool to display the state of the PostgreSQL processes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg_view on CentOS 7.

What is pg_view

pg_view is a command-line tool to display the state of the PostgreSQL processes. It shows the per-process statistics combined with pg_stat_activity output for the processes that have the rows there, global system stats, per-partition information and the memory stats.

We can use yum or dnf to install pg_view on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pg_view.

Install pg_view on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pg_view using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pg_view

Install pg_view on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pg_view using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pg_view

How To Uninstall pg_view on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pg_view

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg_view on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.