How To Install pglistener on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pglistener on Debian 12.
What is pglistener
pglistener is:
pglistener is a daemon that generates files from Postgres database.
It is a tool that listens for notifies from a Postgres database and then calls out to a number of hooks which do everything from updating the password database to updating accounts in RT.
There are three methods to install pglistener 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 pglistener Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pglistener using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pglistener
Install pglistener Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pglistener using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pglistener
Install pglistener 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 pglistener using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pglistener
How To Uninstall pglistener on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pglistener package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pglistener
Uninstall pglistener And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pglistener and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pglistener
Remove pglistener Configurations and Data
To remove pglistener configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pglistener
Remove pglistener configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pglistener configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pglistener
Dependencies
pglistener have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pglistener package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
