How To Install postgresql-13-pglogical on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-13-pglogical on Kali Linux.

What is postgresql-13-pglogical

postgresql-13-pglogical is:

The pglogical extension provides logical streaming replication between PostgreSQL instances, using a publish/subscribe model. Contrary to the built-in streaming replication, pglogical can replicate between major versions or different architectures and is not restricted to replicate the entire instance but can selectively replicate arbitrary sets of tables.

Use-Cases include migrations and major-version upgrades, aggregation of several databases into a Data Warehouse, It utilises the Logical Decoding features available since PostgreSQL 9.4 working with low overhead on both provider and subscriber.

There are three methods to install postgresql-13-pglogical 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 postgresql-13-pglogical Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-13-pglogical using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-13-pglogical

Install postgresql-13-pglogical Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-13-pglogical using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install postgresql-13-pglogical

Install postgresql-13-pglogical 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 postgresql-13-pglogical using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install postgresql-13-pglogical

How To Uninstall postgresql-13-pglogical on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the postgresql-13-pglogical package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove postgresql-13-pglogical

Uninstall postgresql-13-pglogical And Its Dependencies

To uninstall postgresql-13-pglogical and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgresql-13-pglogical

Remove postgresql-13-pglogical Configurations and Data

To remove postgresql-13-pglogical configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge postgresql-13-pglogical

Remove postgresql-13-pglogical configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove postgresql-13-pglogical configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgresql-13-pglogical

Dependencies

postgresql-13-pglogical have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpq5
• postgresql-13

References

• postgresql-13-pglogical website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-13-pglogical package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.