How To Install pgsphere on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pgsphere in Fedora 36. pgsphere is Spherical data types, functions, and operators for PostgreSQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pgsphere on Fedora 36.

What is `pgsphere`

pgSphere is a server side module for PostgreSQL. It contains methods for working with spherical coordinates and objects. It also supports indexing of spherical objects.

We can use yum or dnf to install pgsphere on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pgsphere.

Install pgsphere on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pgsphere using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pgsphere

Install pgsphere on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pgsphere using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pgsphere

How To Uninstall pgsphere on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the pgsphere package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pgsphere

pgsphere Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/9fb70a15cbe1f61fc24d2732cce7bf00f7ac97
/usr/lib64/pgsql/pg_sphere.so
/usr/share/doc/pgsphere
/usr/share/doc/pgsphere/README.pg_sphere
/usr/share/licenses/pgsphere
/usr/share/licenses/pgsphere/COPYRIGHT.pg_sphere
/usr/share/pgsphere
/usr/share/pgsphere/pg_sphere.sql

References

pgsphere website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pgsphere on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).