How To Install pgstat on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pgstat on Kali Linux.

What is pgstat

pgstat is:

pgstat is a client utility to gather statistical information from a PostgreSQL instance in real time, and acts like vmstat or sar.

Supported statistics include archiver, bgwriter, connections, databases, tables, tables I/O, indexes, functions, archives wals, temporary files, and pgBouncer.

There are three methods to install pgstat on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pgstat Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pgstat

Install pgstat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pgstat

Install pgstat Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install pgstat

How To Uninstall pgstat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pgstat

Uninstall pgstat And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pgstat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pgstat

Remove pgstat Configurations and Data

To remove pgstat configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pgstat

Remove pgstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pgstat

Dependencies

pgstat have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpq5

References

• pgstat website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pgstat package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.