How To Install pgcopydb on Debian 12

Learn how to install pgcopydb on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pgcopydb is Copy an entire PostgreSQL database from source to target

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pgcopydb on Debian 12.

What is `pgcopydb`

pgcopydb is:

This tool copies an entire PostgreSQL database from source to target. It implements pg_dump | pg_restore on steroids, including advanced concurrency tricks to make the operation faster.

There are three methods to install pgcopydb 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 pgcopydb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pgcopydb

Install pgcopydb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pgcopydb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pgcopydb

Install pgcopydb 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 pgcopydb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pgcopydb

How To Uninstall pgcopydb on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove pgcopydb

Uninstall pgcopydb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pgcopydb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pgcopydb

Remove pgcopydb Configurations and Data

To remove pgcopydb configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pgcopydb

Remove pgcopydb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pgcopydb

Dependencies

pgcopydb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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