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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY postgresql-download-http " ">
8 <!ENTITY postgresql-download-ftp "ftp://ftp5.us.postgresql.org/pub/PostgreSQL/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
9 <!ENTITY postgresql-md5sum "09aee56f3a15ce4a7ea32044fb845b53">
10 <!ENTITY postgresql-size "17.0 MB">
11 <!ENTITY postgresql-buildsize "169 MB (additional 170 MB to run the testsuite)">
12 <!ENTITY postgresql-time "1.3 SBU (additional 0.2 SBU to run the testsuite)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="postgresql" xreflabel="PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="postgresql.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="postgresql">
26 <primary sortas="a-PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to PostgreSQL</title>
31
32 <para><application>PostgreSQL</application> is an advanced
33 object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), derived
34 from the Berkeley Postgres database management system.</para>
35
36 <para>There may be a more recent release available from the
37 <application>PostgreSQL</application> home page. You can check
38 <ulink url="http://www.postgresql.org/"/> and probably use the
39 existing BLFS instructions. Note that versions other than the one shown
40 in the download URLs have not been tested in a BLFS environment.</para>
41
42 &lfs74_checked;
43
44 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
45 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
46 <listitem>
47 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-http;"/></para>
48 </listitem>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-ftp;"/></para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>Download MD5 sum: &postgresql-md5sum;</para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>Download size: &postgresql-size;</para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>Estimated disk space required: &postgresql-buildsize;</para>
60 </listitem>
61 <listitem>
62 <para>Estimated build time: &postgresql-time;</para>
63 </listitem>
64 </itemizedlist>
65
66 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PostgreSQL Dependencies</bridgehead>
67
68 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
69 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="python2"/>,
70 <xref linkend="tcl"/>,
71 <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
72 <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
73 <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
74 <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
75 <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
76 <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> and
77 <ulink url="http://developer.apple.com/networking/bonjour/">Bonjour</ulink></para>
78
79 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (To Regenerate Documentation)</bridgehead>
80 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="sgml-dtd"/>,
81 <xref linkend="docbook-dsssl"/>,
82 <xref linkend="openjade"/>, and
83 <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/></para>
84
85 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
86 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/postgresql"/></para>
87
88 </sect2>
89
90 <sect2 role="installation">
91 <title>Installation of PostgreSQL</title>
92
93 <para>Install <application>PostgreSQL</application> with the
94 following commands: </para>
95
96<screen><userinput>sed -e "s@DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR \"/tmp\"@DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR \"/run/postgresql\"@" \
97 -i src/include/pg_config_manual.h &amp;&amp;
98sed -i -e 's@psql\\"@&amp; -h /tmp@' src/test/regress/pg_regress{,_main}.c &amp;&amp;
99sed -i -e 's@gres\\"@&amp; -k /tmp@' src/test/regress/pg_regress.c &amp;&amp;
100./configure --prefix=/usr \
101 --enable-thread-safety \
102 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version; &amp;&amp;
103make</userinput></screen>
104
105 <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
106
107 <para>There are a number of programs in the
108 <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename> directory. If you are going
109 to run this installation as a server and wish to build some of them, enter
110 <command>make -C contrib</command> or
111 <command>make -C contrib/&lt;SUBDIR-NAME&gt;</command> for each subdirectory.
112 </para>
113
114 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
115
116<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
117make install-docs</userinput></screen>
118
119 <para>If you made any of the <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename>
120 programs, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
121
122<screen role="nodump/"><userinput>make -C contrib/&lt;SUBDIR-NAME&gt; install</userinput></screen>
123
124 <para><emphasis>If you only intend to use <application>PostgreSQL</application>
125 as a client to connect to a server on another machine, your installation is
126 complete and you should not run the remaining commands.</emphasis></para>
127
128 <!-- 'Upgrading' seems to only ever exist in the docs for *previous* version -->
129 <note>
130 <para>If you are upgrading an existing system and are going to install
131 the new files over the old ones, then you should back up your data, shut
132 down the old server and follow the instructions in <ulink
133 url="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/install-upgrading.html">the
134 official <application>PostgreSQL</application> documentation</ulink>.</para>
135 </note>
136
137 <para>Initialize a database cluster with the following commands issued by the
138 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
139
140<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm700 /srv/pgsql/data &amp;&amp;
141install -v -dm755 /run/postgresql &amp;&amp;
142groupadd -g 41 postgres &amp;&amp;
143useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data \
144 -u 41 postgres &amp;&amp;
145chown -Rv postgres:postgres /srv/pgsql /run/postgresql &amp;&amp;
146su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/data'</userinput></screen>
147
148 <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, start the
149 database server with the following command:</para>
150
151<screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postmaster -D /srv/pgsql/data > \
152 /srv/pgsql/data/logfile 2&gt;&amp;1 &amp;'</userinput></screen>
153
154 <para>Still as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, create
155 a database and verify the installation:</para>
156
157<screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test' &amp;&amp;
158echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \
159 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
160echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \
161 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
162echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \
163 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
164echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \
165 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
166echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test')</userinput></screen>
167
168 </sect2>
169
170 <sect2 role="commands">
171 <title>Command Explanations</title>
172
173 <para>
174 <command>sed -e ...</command>: These seds change server socket location
175 from <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> to
176 <filename class="directory">/run/postgresql</filename> and fix up the
177 regression tests to use <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> so
178 that they can work reliably.
179 </para>
180
181 <para><parameter>--docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;</parameter>:
182 This switch puts the documentation in a versioned directory.</para>
183
184 <para><parameter>--enable-thread-safety</parameter>: This switch makes the
185 client libraries thread-safe by allowing concurrent threads in
186 <filename class='libraryfile'>libpq</filename> and ECPG programs to safely
187 control their private connection handles.</para>
188
189 <para><parameter>make -C contrib/&lt;SUBDIR-NAME&gt; ...</parameter>: replace
190 &lt;SUBDIR-NAME&gt; with the name of the subdirectory you wish to build or
191 install.</para>
192
193 <para><option>--with-openssl</option>: build with support for
194 <application>OpenSSL</application> encrypted connections.</para>
195
196 <para><option>--with-perl</option>: build the PL/Perl server-side language.
197 </para>
198
199 <para><option>--with-python</option>: build the PL/Python server-side
200 language.</para>
201
202 <para><option>--with-tcl</option>: build the PL/Tcl server-side language.</para>
203
204 <para><command>groupadd ...</command>; <command>useradd ...</command>:
205 These commands add an unprivileged user and group to run the database
206 server.</para>
207
208 <para><command>createdb test; create table t1; insert into t1 values...;
209 select * from t1</command>: Create a database, add a table to it, insert
210 some rows into the table and select them to verify that the installation
211 is working properly.</para>
212
213 </sect2>
214
215 <sect2 role="configuration">
216 <title>Configuring PostgreSQL</title>
217
218 <sect3 id="postgresql-config">
219 <title>Config Files</title>
220
221 <para><filename>$PGDATA/pg_ident.con</filename>,
222 <filename>$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf</filename> and
223 <filename>$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</filename></para>
224
225 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
226 <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_ident.con">$PGDATA/pg_indent.con</primary>
227 </indexterm>
228
229 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
230 <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_hba.conf">$PGDATA/pg_hba_conf</primary>
231 </indexterm>
232
233 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
234 <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-postgresql.conf">$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</primary>
235 </indexterm>
236
237 <para>The <envar>PGDATA</envar> environment variable is used to
238 distinguish database clusters from one another by setting it to
239 the value of the directory which contains the cluster desired.
240 The three configuration files exist in every <filename
241 class="directory">PGDATA/</filename> directory. Details on the
242 format of the files and the options that can be set in each can
243 be found in <ulink
244 url="file:///usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;/html/index.html"/>.</para>
245
246 </sect3>
247
248 <sect3 id="postgresql-init">
249 <title>Boot Script</title>
250
251 <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql</filename>
252 init script included in the
253 <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
254
255 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-init">
256 <primary sortas="f-postgresql">postgresql</primary>
257 </indexterm>
258
259<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-postgresql</userinput></screen>
260
261 </sect3>
262
263 </sect2>
264
265 <sect2 role="content">
266 <title>Contents</title>
267
268 <segmentedlist>
269 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
270 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
271 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
272
273 <seglistitem>
274 <seg>clusterdb, createdb, createlang, createuser, dropdb, droplang,
275 dropuser, ecpg, initdb, pg_basebackup, pg_config, pg_controldata, pg_ctl,
276 pg_dump, pg_dumpall, pg_isready, pg_resetxlog, pg_restore, pltcl_delmod,
277 pltcl_listmod, pltcl_loadmod, postgres, postmaster, psql,
278 reindexdb, and vacuumdb. Optionally (in contrib/) oid2name, pg_archivecleanup,
279 pgbench, pg_standby, pg_test_fsync, pg_test_timing, pg_upgrade, pg_xlogdump,
280 vacuumlo,</seg>
281 <seg>libecpg.{so,a}, libecpg_compat.{so,a}, libpgport.a, libpgtypes.{so,a},
282 libpq.{so,a}, and various charset (and optionally, programming language)
283 modules.</seg>
284 <seg>/srv/pgsql, /usr/include/libpq, /usr/include/postgresql,
285 /usr/lib/postgresql, /usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;, and
286 /usr/share/postgresql</seg>
287 </seglistitem>
288 </segmentedlist>
289
290 <variablelist>
291 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
292 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
293 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
294
295 <varlistentry id="clusterdb">
296 <term><command>clusterdb</command></term>
297 <listitem>
298 <para>is a utility for reclustering tables in a
299 <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
300 <indexterm zone="postgresql clusterdb">
301 <primary sortas="b-clusterdb">clusterdb</primary>
302 </indexterm>
303 </listitem>
304 </varlistentry>
305
306 <varlistentry id="createdb">
307 <term><command>createdb</command></term>
308 <listitem>
309 <para> creates a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
310 database.</para>
311 <indexterm zone="postgresql createdb">
312 <primary sortas="b-createdb">createdb</primary>
313 </indexterm>
314 </listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 <varlistentry id="createlang">
318 <term><command>createlang</command></term>
319 <listitem>
320 <para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
321 language.</para>
322 <indexterm zone="postgresql createlang">
323 <primary sortas="b-createlang">createlang</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry id="createuser">
329 <term><command>createuser</command></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
332 user account.</para>
333 <indexterm zone="postgresql createuser">
334 <primary sortas="b-createuser">createuser</primary>
335 </indexterm>
336 </listitem>
337 </varlistentry>
338
339 <varlistentry id="dropdb">
340 <term><command>dropdb</command></term>
341 <listitem>
342 <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
343 <indexterm zone="postgresql dropdb">
344 <primary sortas="b-dropdb">dropdb</primary>
345 </indexterm>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 <varlistentry id="droplang">
350 <term><command>droplang</command></term>
351 <listitem>
352 <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
353 language.</para>
354 <indexterm zone="postgresql droplang">
355 <primary sortas="b-droplang">droplang</primary>
356 </indexterm>
357 </listitem>
358 </varlistentry>
359
360 <varlistentry id="dropuser">
361 <term><command>dropuser</command></term>
362 <listitem>
363 <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application>
364 user account.</para>
365 <indexterm zone="postgresql dropuser">
366 <primary sortas="b-dropuser">dropuser</primary>
367 </indexterm>
368 </listitem>
369 </varlistentry>
370
371 <varlistentry id="ecpg">
372 <term><command>ecpg</command></term>
373 <listitem>
374 <para>is the embedded SQL preprocessor.</para>
375 <indexterm zone="postgresql ecpg">
376 <primary sortas="b-ecpg">ecpg</primary>
377 </indexterm>
378 </listitem>
379 </varlistentry>
380
381 <varlistentry id="initdb">
382 <term><command>initdb</command></term>
383 <listitem>
384 <para>creates a new database cluster.</para>
385 <indexterm zone="postgresql initdb">
386 <primary sortas="b-initdb">initdb</primary>
387 </indexterm>
388 </listitem>
389 </varlistentry>
390
391 <varlistentry id="oid2name">
392 <term><command>oid2name</command></term>
393 <listitem>
394 <para>resolves OIDs (Object IDs) and file nodes in a PostgreSQL data
395 directory.</para>
396 <indexterm zone="postgresql oid2name">
397 <primary sortas="b-oid2name">oid2name</primary>
398 </indexterm>
399 </listitem>
400 </varlistentry>
401
402 <varlistentry id="pg_archivecleanup">
403 <term><command>pg_archivecleanup</command></term>
404 <listitem>
405 <para>clean up PostgreSQL WAL (write-ahead log) archive files.</para>
406 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_archivecleanup">
407 <primary sortas="b-pg_archivecleanup">pg_archivecleanup</primary>
408 </indexterm>
409 </listitem>
410 </varlistentry>
411
412 <varlistentry id="pg_basebackup">
413 <term><command>pg_basebackup</command></term>
414 <listitem>
415 <para>takes base backups of a running
416 <application>PostgreSQL</application> cluster.</para>
417 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_basebackup">
418 <primary sortas="b-pg_basebackup">pg_basebackup</primary>
419 </indexterm>
420 </listitem>
421 </varlistentry>
422
423 <varlistentry id="pg_config">
424 <term><command>pg_config</command></term>
425 <listitem>
426 <para>retrieves <application>PostgreSQL</application> version
427 information.</para>
428 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_config">
429 <primary sortas="b-pg_config">pg_config</primary>
430 </indexterm>
431 </listitem>
432 </varlistentry>
433
434 <varlistentry id="pg_controldata">
435 <term><command>pg_controldata</command></term>
436 <listitem>
437 <para>returns information initialized during
438 <command>initdb</command>, such as the catalog version and server
439 locale.</para>
440 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_controldata">
441 <primary sortas="b-pg_controldata">pg_controldata</primary>
442 </indexterm>
443 </listitem>
444 </varlistentry>
445
446 <varlistentry id="pg_ctl">
447 <term><command>pg_ctl</command></term>
448 <listitem>
449 <para>controls stopping and starting the database server.</para>
450 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_ctl">
451 <primary sortas="b-pg_ctl">pg_ctl</primary>
452 </indexterm>
453 </listitem>
454 </varlistentry>
455
456 <varlistentry id="pg_dump">
457 <term><command>pg_dump</command></term>
458 <listitem>
459 <para>dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are used
460 to recreate the database.</para>
461 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dump">
462 <primary sortas="b-pg_dump">pg_dump</primary>
463 </indexterm>
464 </listitem>
465 </varlistentry>
466
467 <varlistentry id="pg_dumpall">
468 <term><command>pg_dumpall</command></term>
469 <listitem>
470 <para>recursively calls <command>pg_dump</command> for each
471 database in a cluster.</para>
472 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dumpall">
473 <primary sortas="b-pg_dumpall">pg_dumpall</primary>
474 </indexterm>
475 </listitem>
476 </varlistentry>
477
478 <varlistentry id="pg_isready">
479 <term><command>pg_isready</command></term>
480 <listitem>
481 <para>check the connection status of a PostgreSQL server.</para>
482 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_isready">
483 <primary sortas="b-pg_isready">pg_isready</primary>
484 </indexterm>
485 </listitem>
486 </varlistentry>
487
488 <varlistentry id="pg_resetxlog">
489 <term><command>pg_resetxlog</command></term>
490 <listitem>
491 <para>clears the write-ahead log and optionally resets some
492 fields in the <filename>pg_control</filename> file.</para>
493 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_resetxlog">
494 <primary sortas="b-pg_resetxlog">pg_resetxlog</primary>
495 </indexterm>
496 </listitem>
497 </varlistentry>
498
499 <varlistentry id="pg_restore">
500 <term><command>pg_restore</command></term>
501 <listitem>
502 <para>creates databases from dump files created by
503 <command>pg_dump</command>.</para>
504 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_restore">
505 <primary sortas="b-pg_restore">pg_restore</primary>
506 </indexterm>
507 </listitem>
508 </varlistentry>
509
510 <varlistentry id="pg_standby">
511 <term><command>pg_standby</command></term>
512 <listitem>
513 <para>supports the creation of a PostgreSQL warm standby
514 server.</para>
515 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_standby">
516 <primary sortas="b-pg_standby">pg_standby</primary>
517 </indexterm>
518 </listitem>
519 </varlistentry>
520
521 <varlistentry id="pg_test_fsync">
522 <term><command>pg_test_fsync</command></term>
523 <listitem>
524 <para>determine fastest wal_sync method for PostgreSQL.</para>
525 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_fsync">
526 <primary sortas="b-pg_test_fsync">pg_test_fsync</primary>
527 </indexterm>
528 </listitem>
529 </varlistentry>
530
531 <varlistentry id="pg_test_timing">
532 <term><command>pg_test_timing</command></term>
533 <listitem>
534 <para>measure timing overhead.</para>
535 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_timing">
536 <primary sortas="b-pg_test_timing">pg_test_timing</primary>
537 </indexterm>
538 </listitem>
539 </varlistentry>
540
541 <varlistentry id="pg_upgrade">
542 <term><command>pg_upgrade</command></term>
543 <listitem>
544 <para>upgrade a PostgreSQL server instance.</para>
545 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_upgrade">
546 <primary sortas="b-pg_upgrade">pg_upgrade</primary>
547 </indexterm>
548 </listitem>
549 </varlistentry>
550
551 <varlistentry id="pg_xlogdump">
552 <term><command>pg_xlogdump</command></term>
553 <listitem>
554 <para>display a human-readable rendering of the write-ahead log of a
555 PostgreSQL database cluster.</para>
556 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_xlogdump">
557 <primary sortas="b-pg_xlogdump">pg_xlogdump</primary>
558 </indexterm>
559 </listitem>
560 </varlistentry>
561
562 <varlistentry id="pgbench">
563 <term><command>pgbench</command></term>
564 <listitem>
565 <para>run a benchmark test on PostgreSQL.</para>
566 <indexterm zone="postgresql pgbench">
567 <primary sortas="b-pgbench">pgbench</primary>
568 </indexterm>
569 </listitem>
570 </varlistentry>
571
572 <varlistentry id="pltcl_delmod">
573 <term><command>pltcl_delmod</command></term>
574 <listitem>
575 <para>is a support script used to delete a module from a
576 PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
577 requires the <ulink
578 url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
579 package to be installed also.</para>
580 <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_delmod">
581 <primary sortas="b-pltcl_delmod">pltcl_delmod</primary>
582 </indexterm>
583 </listitem>
584 </varlistentry>
585
586 <varlistentry id="pltcl_listmod">
587 <term><command>pltcl_listmod</command></term>
588 <listitem>
589 <para>is a support script used to list the modules in a
590 PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
591 requires the <ulink
592 url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
593 package to be installed also.</para>
594 <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_listmod">
595 <primary sortas="b-pltcl_listmod">pltcl_listmod</primary>
596 </indexterm>
597 </listitem>
598 </varlistentry>
599
600 <varlistentry id="pltcl_loadmod">
601 <term><command>pltcl_loadmod</command></term>
602 <listitem>
603 <para>is a support script used to load a module into a
604 PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
605 requires the <ulink
606 url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
607 package to be installed also.</para>
608 <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_loadmod">
609 <primary sortas="b-pltcl_loadmod">pltcl_loadmod</primary>
610 </indexterm>
611 </listitem>
612 </varlistentry>
613
614 <varlistentry id="postgres">
615 <term><command>postgres</command></term>
616 <listitem>
617 <para>is a single user database server, generally used for
618 debugging.</para>
619 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgres">
620 <primary sortas="b-postgres">postgres</primary>
621 </indexterm>
622 </listitem>
623 </varlistentry>
624
625 <varlistentry id="postmaster">
626 <term><command>postmaster</command></term>
627 <listitem>
628 <para>(a symlink to <command>postgres</command>) is a multi-user
629 database daemon.</para>
630 <indexterm zone="postgresql postmaster">
631 <primary sortas="b-postmaster">postmaster</primary>
632 </indexterm>
633 </listitem>
634 </varlistentry>
635
636 <varlistentry id="psql">
637 <term><command>psql</command></term>
638 <listitem>
639 <para>is a console based database shell.</para>
640 <indexterm zone="postgresql psql">
641 <primary sortas="b-psql">psql</primary>
642 </indexterm>
643 </listitem>
644 </varlistentry>
645
646 <varlistentry id="reindexdb">
647 <term><command>reindexdb</command></term>
648 <listitem>
649 <para>is a utility for rebuilding indexes in a database.</para>
650 <indexterm zone="postgresql reindexdb">
651 <primary sortas="b-reindexdb">reindexdb</primary>
652 </indexterm>
653 </listitem>
654 </varlistentry>
655
656 <varlistentry id="vacuumdb">
657 <term><command>vacuumdb</command></term>
658 <listitem>
659 <para>compacts databases and generates statistics for the query
660 analyzer.</para>
661 <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumdb">
662 <primary sortas="b-vacuumdb">vacuumdb</primary>
663 </indexterm>
664 </listitem>
665 </varlistentry>
666
667 <varlistentry id="vacuumlo">
668 <term><command>vacuumlo</command></term>
669 <listitem>
670 <para>remove orphaned large objects from a PostgreSQL database.</para>
671 <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumlo">
672 <primary sortas="b-vacuumlo">vacuumlo</primary>
673 </indexterm>
674 </listitem>
675 </varlistentry>
676
677 <varlistentry id="libecpg">
678 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg.{so,a}</filename></term>
679 <listitem>
680 <para>contains functions to support embedded SQL in C programs.</para>
681 <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg">
682 <primary sortas="c-libecpg">libecpg.{so,a}</primary>
683 </indexterm>
684 </listitem>
685 </varlistentry>
686
687 <varlistentry id="libecpg_compat">
688 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg_compat.{so,a}</filename></term>
689 <listitem>
690 <para>is the ecpg compatibility library.</para>
691 <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg_compat">
692 <primary sortas="c-libecpg_compat">libecpg_compat.{so,a}</primary>
693 </indexterm>
694 </listitem>
695 </varlistentry>
696
697 <varlistentry id="libgport">
698 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgport.a</filename></term>
699 <listitem>
700 <para>is the port-specific subsystem of the Postgres backend.</para>
701 <indexterm zone="postgresql libgport">
702 <primary sortas="c-libgport">libgport.a</primary>
703 </indexterm>
704 </listitem>
705 </varlistentry>
706
707 <varlistentry id="libpgtypes">
708 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpgtypes.{so,a}</filename></term>
709 <listitem>
710 <para>contains functions for dealing with Postgres data types.</para>
711 <indexterm zone="postgresql libpgtypes">
712 <primary sortas="c-libpgtypes">libpgtypes.{so,a}</primary>
713 </indexterm>
714 </listitem>
715 </varlistentry>
716
717 <varlistentry id="libpq">
718 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpq.{so,a}</filename></term>
719 <listitem>
720 <para>is the C programmer's API to Postgres.</para>
721 <indexterm zone="postgresql libpq">
722 <primary sortas="c-libpq">libpq.{so,a}</primary>
723 </indexterm>
724 </listitem>
725 </varlistentry>
726
727 </variablelist>
728
729 </sect2>
730
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