How To Install postgresql-upgrade on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-upgrade on CentOS 7.
What is postgresql-upgrade
The postgresql-upgrade package contains the pg_upgrade utility and supporting files needed for upgrading a PostgreSQL database from the previous major version of PostgreSQL.
We can use yum or dnf to install postgresql-upgrade on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install postgresql-upgrade.
Install postgresql-upgrade on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install postgresql-upgrade using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install postgresql-upgrade
Install postgresql-upgrade on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install postgresql-upgrade using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install postgresql-upgrade
How To Uninstall postgresql-upgrade on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the postgresql-upgrade package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove postgresql-upgrade
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-upgrade on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
