How To Install plprofiler on Debian 12

Learn how to install plprofiler on Debian 12 with this tutorial. plprofiler is PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL functions performance profiler

Introduction

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

What is plprofiler

plprofiler is:

The plprofiler is an extension for the PostgreSQL database system to create performance profiles of PL/pgSQL functions and stored procedures. The included external Python class and command line utility can be used to easily control the extension, run arbitrary SQL commands (invoking PL/pgSQL functions), save and manage the resulting performance datasets and create HTML reports from t. This package contains the Python module and the plprofiler CLI util.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plprofiler

Install plprofiler Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plprofiler

Install plprofiler 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 plprofiler using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plprofiler

How To Uninstall plprofiler on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove plprofiler

Uninstall plprofiler And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plprofiler

Remove plprofiler Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge plprofiler

Remove plprofiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plprofiler

Dependencies

plprofiler have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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