Information about the package, pgtoolkit, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pgtoolkit package is designed for, Tools for PostgreSQL maintenance.
Package Name:
pgtoolkit
Summary:
Tools for PostgreSQL maintenance
Description:
PgToolkit is a collection of tools for PostgreSQL maintenance. PgToolkit so far uses the utility pgcompact to reduce PostgreSQL table and index bloat from databases.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.0.1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
33 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
PostgreSQL
Control the pgtoolkit package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pgtoolkit
This command will install pgtoolkit on the server.
yum remove pgtoolkit
This command will un-install pgtoolkit on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pgtoolkit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pgtoolkit
This command will un-install pgtoolkit on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pgtoolkit when using the -y flag.
yum update pgtoolkit
This command will update pgtoolkit to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pgtoolkit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pgtoolkit
This command will update pgtoolkit to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pgtoolkit when using the -y flag.
yum info pgtoolkit
This command will show you core information about the pgtoolkit package.
yum deplist pgtoolkit
This command will show you the dependencies for pgtoolkit. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update pgtoolkit
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pgtoolkit. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.