PostgreSQL/Installation/Apt

PostgreSQL packages for Debian and Ubuntu

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group (PGDG) maintains an APT repository of PostgreSQL packages for Debian and Ubuntu located at https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/. We aim at building PostgreSQL server packages as well as extensions and modules packages on several Debian/Ubuntu releases for all PostgreSQL versions supported.

Support

Currently, we support

• Debian bullseye (11), bookworm (12), trixie (testing/13) and sid (unstable)
• Ubuntu focal (20.04), jammy (22.04), noble (24.04), oracular (24.10, amd64 only)
• Architectures: amd64 (64-bit x86), arm64 (64-bit ARM), ppc64el (little-endian 64-bit POWER), s390x (IBM z-Series)
• PostgreSQL 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 devel
• Server extensions such as PostGIS, various PL languages, and datatypes
• Applications like omnidb, pgbouncer, and pgpool-II

PostgreSQL versions down to 8.2 exist in the repositories for salvaging old installations. Packages for older Debian/Ubuntu distributions are moved to https://apt-archive.postgresql.org.

Quickstart

TL;DR:

sudo apt install -y postgresql-common
sudo /usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg/apt.postgresql.org.sh

Manual Repository Configuration

Import the repository key from https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc:

sudo apt install curl ca-certificates
sudo install -d /usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg
sudo curl -o /usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg/apt.postgresql.org.asc --fail https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list. The distributions are called codename-pgdg. In the example, replace bookworm with the actual distribution you are using. File contents:

deb [signed-by =/usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg/apt.postgresql.org.asc] https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt bookworm-pgdg main

(You may determine the codename of your distribution by running lsb_release -c). For a script version of the above file creation, presuming you are using a supported release:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [signed-by =/usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg/apt.postgresql.org.asc] https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list'

Finally, update the package lists, and start installing packages:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install postgresql-16

Notes

Have a look at the FAQ.

The above does not add the sources repo (deb-src) commented out; if you need source packages, you will need to modify /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list to add it.

This repository provides "postgresql" and "postgresql-client" meta-packages that depend on the latest postgresql-xy, ... packages, similar to the ones present in Debian and Ubuntu. Once a new PostgreSQL version is released, these meta-packages will be updated to depend on the new version. If you rather want to stay with a particular PostgreSQL version, you should install specific packages like "postgresql-15" instead of "postgresql".

For packages of development/alpha/beta versions of PostgreSQL, see the FAQ entry about beta versions.

News

• 2024-07-30: EOL for Debian buster and 32-bit architectures: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/Zqj_4nlZEqfbQ2aM%40msg.df7cb.de
• 2024-04-16: Ubuntu lunar archived, Debian buster in LTS mode: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/Zh4mhiDeYdtXPbIM%40msg.df7cb.de
• 2023-11-20: New architecture s390x: https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/postgresql-on-s390x/
• 2023-11-05: Ubuntu bionic (18.04) and kinetic (22.10) removed from apt.postgresql.org.
• 2023-08-17: Ubuntu bionic (18.04) moving to apt-archive.postgresql.org: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/ZN4OigxPJA236qlg%40msg.df7cb.de
• 2022-11-11: Repository key handling changed: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/Y25%2BRkZxiZKBOKio%40msg.df7cb.de
• 2022-11-07: Debian stretch (9) has been removed: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/Y2kmqL%2BpCuSZiQBV%40msg.df7cb.de
• 2022-09-19: Ubuntu xenial and impish have been removed from apt.postgresql.org.
• 2022-08-12: Debian stretch (9) is no longer supported and will be removed from apt.postgresql.org at the end of October: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/YvZaQJpK2TE0nw%2BK%40msg.df7cb.de
• 2022-07-24: Ubuntu impish (21.10) is no longer supported
• 2022-07-06: Ubuntu groovy (20.10) and hirsute (21.04) have been migrated to apt-archive.postgresql.org. xenial (16.04) has been copied as well, and will be removed from apt.postgresql.org at the end of August.
• 2022-07-05:
  • PostgreSQL 16devel packages added, see Apt/FAQ#Development_snapshots
  • The repository now features *-pgdg-snapshot distributions with snapshot builds of all packages
  • We have a Twitter feed now
• 2022-02-16: Ubuntu jammy (22.04) added, hirsute (21.04) is no longer supported
• 2021-09-30: PostgreSQL 14 released
• 2021-08-12: Ubuntu impish (21.10) support added; groovy is no longer supported
• 2021-06-30: PostgreSQL 15devel packages added, see Apt/FAQ#Development_snapshots
• 2021-05-20: PostgreSQL 14beta1 added, Ubuntu xenial (16.04) deprecated, Ubuntu hirsute (21.04) added
• 2021-01-28: Distributions moving to apt-archive.postgresql.org: jessie wheezy eoan disco trusty precise: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/YBMtd6nRuXyU2zS4%40msg.df7cb.de

Older news items: Apt/OldNews

Resources

• FAQ
• Package repository
• = pkg-postgresql-public@lists.alioth.debian.org PostgreSQL in Debian

Contact

• Mailing list: pgsql-pkg-debian@postgresql.org (Archives)
• IRC channel: #postgresql-apt @ irc.libera.chat

Maintainers

• Christoph Berg (Cybertec)
• Marco Nenciarini (EnterpriseDB)
• Michael Banck (credativ)

Past Contributors

• Dimitri Fontaine
• Magnus Hagander

Bugs

Please report bugs:

• on the pgsql-pkg-debian@postgresql.org mailing list, or
• open an issue in Redmine, or
• open a bug in the Debian BTS.

Documentation

• Apt/RepoDocs
• Apt/Jenkins
• Apt/Packages

Acknowledgements

Work on setting up the archive was kindly supported by credativ, 2ndQuadrant, Redpill Linpro, and funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement 258862.

The Jenkins CI server is kindly hosted by DG-i.

The ARM build server is kindly hosted by HUAWEI Cloud Services.

The ppc64el build server is kindly hosted by IBM Power Systems Linux Center, Montpellier.

The s390x build server is kindly hosted by the IBM LinuxONE Community Cloud at Marist College.

The repository and the x86 build server are hosted on postgresql.org hardware.