How To Install pg-semver on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg-semver on Rocky Linux 8. pg-semver is A semantic version data type for PostgreSQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg-semver on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pg-semver

PostgreSQL server extension implementing data type called “semver”. It’s an implementation of the version number format specified by the Semantic Versioning Specification.

We can use yum or dnf to install pg-semver on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pg-semver.

Install pg-semver on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install pg-semver

Install pg-semver on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pg-semver using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pg-semver

How To Uninstall pg-semver on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pg-semver package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pg-semver

pg-semver Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/2ee4cdf2f659a97ed7e48df6fce0447da6f5b6
/usr/lib64/pgsql/semver.so
/usr/share/doc/pg-semver
/usr/share/doc/pg-semver/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/pg-semver/README.md
/usr/share/doc/pg-semver/semver.mmd
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.10.0--0.11.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.11.0--0.12.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.12.0--0.13.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.13.0--0.15.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.15.0--0.16.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.16.0--0.17.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.17.0--0.20.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.2.1--0.2.4.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.2.4--0.3.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.20.0--0.21.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.21.0--0.22.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.22.0--0.30.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.3.0--0.4.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.30.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--0.5.0--0.10.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver--unpackaged--0.2.1.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver.control
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/semver.sql

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pg-semver on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.