Build Pgmodeler from source on ubuntu 20.04

install-pgmodeler.md

Install

• sudo apt-get update
• cd
• wget https://codeload.github.com/pgmodeler/pgmodeler/tar.gz/v0.9.2
• tar -xvzf v0.9.2
• mv pgmodeler-0.9.2/ pgmodeler
• cd pgmodeler
• git clone https://github.com/pgmodeler/plugins assuming git is already installed
• install postgresql (how to install in different guide)
• sudo apt-get install make g++ qt5-qmake libxml2-dev libpq-dev pkg-config libqt5svg5-dev qttools5-dev
• sudo apt-get install qt5-default libqt5svg5
• cd ~/pgmodeler
• qmake pgmodeler.pro
• make -j8 -j8 means use all 8 cpu cores, use only "make" if not sure
• sudo make install
• run using '/usr/local/bin/pgmodeler'

cleanup

• sudo apt-get remove --purge -y make g++ qt5-qmake libxml2-dev pkg-config libqt5svg5-dev
• sudo apt-get autoremove

Desktop Entry

• sudo pico /usr/share/applications/pgmodeler.desktop

• paste following with correct Icon path

  [Desktop Entry]
  Name=pgModeler
  GenericName=PostgreSQL Database Modeler
  Comment=Program with nice Qt interface for visual modeling PostgreSQL on Entity Relationship Diagram
  Exec=pgmodeler
  Icon=/home/varungpt/pgmodeler/main/res/windows_ico.ico
  Terminal=false
  Type=Application
  Categories=Qt;Database;Development;

Blogs :

• https://hub.docker.com/r/kayvan/pgmodeler/dockerfile
• https://medium.com/@mglaving/how-to-run-pgmodeler-0-9-2-on-raspberry-pi-4-ebbca63173cc
• https://www.muehlencord.de/wordpress/2016/01/28/build-pgmodeler-from-source/
• https://www.simonholywell.com/post/2016/10/install-pgmodeler-ubuntu/
• https://pgmodeler.io/support/installation