According to https://www.pgadmin.org/download/pip4.php.
Install the virtualenv by running:
sudo apt-get install virtualenv
You also need to install these 2 libraries:
sudo apt-get install libpq-dev python-dev
Then:
cd ~/bin/
virtualenv pgadmin4
I prefer to use the ~/bin/
directory for installing applications.
Then you download the pgadmin4-1.1-py2-none-any.whl
or pgadmin4-1.1-py3-none-any.whl
depending on the python version you use. For this example we use python 2.7.
You download pgadmin4:
wget https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin3/pgadmin4/v1.1/pip/pgadmin4-1.1-py2-none-any.whl
Activate the virtualenv:
. ~/bin/pgadmin4/bin/activate
After that you will see (pgadmin4)
in the terminal.
Inside of pgadmin4 run:
pip install ./pgadmin4-1.1-py2-none-any.whl
After that you must be able to run pgadmin4:
python ~/bin/pgadmin4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgAdmin4.py
In order to make the running process a bit easier you can create an alias. For instance, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, add alias in the ~/.bash_aliases
file:
alias pgadmin4='. /home/your_username/bin/pgadmin4/bin/activate; /home/your_username/bin/pgadmin4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgAdmin4.py'
Where your_username
should be replaced by your real user name.
Then give execute permission, for example, 764
to the pgAdmin4.py
file in:
/home/your_username/bin/pgadmin4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgAdmin4.py
Also you need to edit the pgAdmin4.py
file and add this line in the very top:
#!/home/your_username/bin/pgadmin4/bin/python
where your_username
is your real user name.
This will make sure that you run the application using the required version of python and include all necessary dependencies in order to run pgadmin4
.
Then run . ~/.bashrc
in order to apply the changes.
So now you can open your terminal and simply type pgadmin4
in order to run it.
Open your browser and point to:
http://127.0.0.1:5050
One more thing to note - if you need to run pgadmin4
in desktop mode you need to change SERVER_MODE
to False in:
/home/your_username/bin/pgadmin4/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/config.py
Otherwise when you visit localhost:5050 it will ask you for your login and password.
UDPATE:
As of 2021 (and significantly earlier) a much better option would be to use a preconfigured docker container with pgadmin4 on it. For example, a pgadmin4 docker image can be downloaded from
https://hub.docker.com/r/dpage/pgadmin4/.
Hope this helps.