WARNING: pgAgent is deprecated and will not receive any further updates. We recommend using pg_cron (https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron) instead.

This document describes the compilation of pgAgent, a job scheduler for PostgreSQL.

pgAgent is managed using pgAdmin (http://www.pgadmin.org). The pgAdmin documentation contains details of the setup and use of pgAgent with your PostgreSQL system. The latest build of the documentation can be found at https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/development/pgagent.html.

Building pgAgent

You will need:

• A C/C++ compiler, such as GCC or Microsoft Visual C++ on Windows.
• CMake 3.3 (from www.cmake.org)
• A Boost library 1.41 or higher installation
• A PostgreSQL 8.3 or higher installation

1. Unpack the pgAgent source code
2. Create a build directory in which the code will be built.
3. Run ccmake from the build directory (on Windows, use the CMake graphical interface). By default, ccmake will generate Unix Makefiles - consult the documentation if you wish to generate other types of output:

$ ccmake /path/to/pgagent

4. If required, press 'c' to generate a default configuration:

CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /usr/local CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES x86_64 CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.10.sdk PostgreSQL_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config Boost_FIND_REQUIRED ON Boost_FIND_QUIETLY OFF Boost_DEBUG OFF Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF

5. Use the ccmake interface to adjust any settings as required. When configured as required, press 'c' to re-configure (if required) and 'g' to generate the build files and exit.

6. Run 'make' to build pgAgent on Mac or Unix, or open the generated project files in VC++ on Windows and build the solution in the desired configuration.

Running Regression Tests

To run the regression tests, use a command such as:

make USE_PGXS=1 -f test/Makefile installcheck

You will need to ensure that the appropriate pg_config executable is in the path and that variables such as PGPORT and PGUSER are set if required.