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How to install PostgreSQL and pgAdmin4 on Ubuntu 18.04

1. Install PostgreSQL $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib 2. Update password for postpres user $ sudo -u postgres psql postgres=# ALTER USER user_name WITH PASSWORD 'new_password'; postgres=# \q 3. Install Python PIP for Ubuntu $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install python3-pip 4. Get the PgAdmin 4 Python Installer at https://www.pgadmin.org/download/pgadmin-4-python-wheel 5. Install pgAdmin4 $ pip install ~/Downloads/pgadmin4*.whl Or for a System wide installation: $ sudo pip install ~/Downloads/pgadmin4*.whl 6. Locate PgAdmin 4 Script $ sudo updatedb $ locate pgAdmin4.py Copy the path displayed from above command. I call it PATH /pgAdmin4.py from now 7. Create config_local.py file for pgAdmin4 local config, add content and save it $ vim PATH /config_local.py import os SERVER_MODE = False DATA_DIR = os.path.realpath(os.path.expanduser(u'~/.pgadmin/')) LOG_FILE = os.path.join(DATA_DIR...

Ubuntu Reading package lists…Error!

Error: Reading package lists…Error! Solution: If you google out this error there are plenty of links which describe this error. It seems that the file is messed up. You can try out the options specified  here . sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status.bad sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status sudo apt-get update This below option did not work for this particular case. Another link that describes the similar issue is  here . sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade