pg_top command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

pg_top: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pg_top: command not found

Solutions to pg_top: command not found

How To Fix pg_top: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pg_top is provided by pgtop package.

pgtop is:

pg_top is ’top’ for PostgreSQL.

• Monitor PostgreSQL processes.
• View currently running SQL statement of a process.
• View query plan of a currently running SELECT statement.
• View locks held by a process.
• View I/O statistics per process.
• View replication statistics for downstream nodes.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install pgtop

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install pgtop.

sudo apt -y install pgtop

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install pgtop

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix pg_top command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.