How to Install and Uninstall pgagent Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "pgagent" package

This tutorial shows how to install pgagent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pgagent
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pgagent" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall pgagent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pgagent
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pgagent package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pgagent
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 253
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.4.1-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libpq5, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libwxbase3.0-0v5 (>= 3.0.2+dfsg)
Suggests: pgadmin3
Filename: pool/universe/p/pgagent/pgagent_3.4.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 66964
MD5sum: 115265de296cf8880b12dfa759b01125
SHA1: 6c166479d025027075ecbc83a0eeb8bf904ee18d
SHA256: c365478e0b1b1a6d1158318a9914e68b6aeb1ede9628ff43d22fd2954fdbe26c
Description-en: job scheduler for PostgreSQL
Introduced in pgAdmin III v1.4, pgAgent is a job scheduling agent for
PostgreSQL, capable of running multi-step batch/shell and SQL tasks on
complex schedules.
Description-md5: 1b5fd136b4dc425ec32f86e9928e4737
Homepage: http://www.pgadmin.org/
Postgresql-Version: 9.5
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu