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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 "http://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY postgresql-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
9 <!ENTITY postgresql-md5sum "1fe952c44ed26d7e6a335cf991a9c1c6">
10 <!ENTITY postgresql-size "17 MB">
11 <!ENTITY postgresql-buildsize "194 MB (additional 6 MB to run the testsuite)">
12 <!ENTITY postgresql-time "1.3 SBU (additional 0.1 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 &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked;
37
38 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
39 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
40 <listitem>
41 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-http;"/></para>
42 </listitem>
43 <listitem>
44 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-ftp;"/></para>
45 </listitem>
46 <listitem>
47 <para>Download MD5 sum: &postgresql-md5sum;</para>
48 </listitem>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>Download size: &postgresql-size;</para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>Estimated disk space required: &postgresql-buildsize;</para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>Estimated build time: &postgresql-time;</para>
57 </listitem>
58 </itemizedlist>
59
60 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PostgreSQL Dependencies</bridgehead>
61
62 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
63 <para role="optional">
64 <xref linkend="python2"/>,
65 <xref linkend="tcl"/>,
66 <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
67 <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
68 <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
69 <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
70 <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
71 <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> and
72 <ulink url="http://developer.apple.com/networking/bonjour/">Bonjour</ulink>
73 </para>
74
75 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (To Regenerate Documentation)</bridgehead>
76 <para role="optional">
77 <xref linkend="sgml-dtd"/>,
78 <xref linkend="docbook-dsssl"/>,
79 <xref linkend="openjade"/>, and
80 <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/>
81 </para>
82
83 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
84 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/postgresql"/></para>
85
86 </sect2>
87
88 <sect2 role="installation">
89 <title>Installation of PostgreSQL</title>
90
91 <para>Install <application>PostgreSQL</application> with the
92 following commands: </para>
93
94<!--sed -i -e 's@psql\\"@&amp; -h /tmp@' src/test/regress/pg_regress{,_main}.c &amp;&amp;
95sed -i -e 's@gres\\"@&amp; -k /tmp@' src/test/regress/pg_regress.c &amp;&amp;-->
96<screen><userinput>sed -i '/DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR/s@/tmp@/run/postgresql@' src/include/pg_config_manual.h &amp;&amp;
97./configure --prefix=/usr \
98 --enable-thread-safety \
99 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version; &amp;&amp;
100make</userinput></screen>
101
102 <para>There are a number of programs in the
103 <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename> directory. If you are going
104 to run this installation as a server and wish to build some of them, enter
105 <command>make -C contrib</command> or
106 <command>make -C contrib/<replaceable>&lt;SUBDIR-NAME&gt;</replaceable></command> for each subdirectory.
107 </para>
108
109 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
110
111<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
112make install-docs</userinput></screen>
113
114 <para>If you made any of the <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename>
115 programs, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
116
117<screen role="nodump/"><userinput>make -C contrib/<replaceable>&lt;SUBDIR-NAME&gt;</replaceable> install</userinput></screen>
118
119 <warning>
120 <para>This package contains a known security hole that allows other
121 users on the same machine to gain access to an operating system account
122 while it is doing "make check": CVE-2014-0067. Tests must be run after
123 install, with postgresql server down, as unprivileged user.</para>
124 </warning>
125
126 <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
127
128 <para><emphasis>If you only intend to use <application>PostgreSQL</application>
129 as a client to connect to a server on another machine, your installation is
130 complete and you should not run the remaining commands.</emphasis></para>
131
132 <!-- 'Upgrading' seems to only ever exist in the docs for *previous* version -->
133 <!-- Obsolete: only if upgrading for versions prior to 9 <note>
134 <para>If you are upgrading an existing system and are going to install
135 the new files over the old ones, then you should back up your data, shut
136 down the old server and follow the instructions in <ulink
137 url="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/install-upgrading.html">the
138 official <application>PostgreSQL</application> documentation</ulink>.</para>
139 </note>-->
140
141 <para>Initialize a database cluster with the following commands issued by the
142 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
143
144<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm700 /srv/pgsql/data &amp;&amp;
145install -v -dm755 /run/postgresql &amp;&amp;
146groupadd -g 41 postgres &amp;&amp;
147useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data \
148 -u 41 postgres &amp;&amp;
149chown -Rv postgres:postgres /srv/pgsql /run/postgresql &amp;&amp;
150su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/data'</userinput></screen>
151
152 <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, start the
153 database server with the following command:</para>
154
155<screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postgres -D /srv/pgsql/data > \
156 /srv/pgsql/data/logfile 2&gt;&amp;1 &amp;'</userinput></screen>
157
158 <para>Still as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, create
159 a database and verify the installation:</para>
160
161<screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test' &amp;&amp;
162echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \
163 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
164echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \
165 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
166echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \
167 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
168echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \
169 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
170echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test')</userinput></screen>
171
172 </sect2>
173
174 <sect2 role="commands">
175 <title>Command Explanations</title>
176
177 <para>
178 <command>sed -i ...</command>: This sed changes server socket location
179 from <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> to
180 <filename class="directory">/run/postgresql</filename><!-- and fix up the
181 regression tests to use <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> so
182 that they can work reliably-->.
183 </para>
184
185 <para><parameter>--docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;</parameter>:
186 This switch puts the documentation in a versioned directory.</para>
187
188 <para><parameter>--enable-thread-safety</parameter>: This switch makes the
189 client libraries thread-safe by allowing concurrent threads in
190 <filename class="libraryfile">libpq</filename> and ECPG programs to safely
191 control their private connection handles.</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>
275 clusterdb, createdb, createlang, createuser, dropdb, droplang,
276 dropuser, ecpg, initdb, pg_basebackup, pg_config, pg_controldata,
277 pg_ctl, pg_dump, pg_dumpall, pg_isready, pg_receivexlog,
278 pg_recvlogical, pg_resetxlog, pg_restore, pltcl_delmod,
279 pltcl_listmod, pltcl_loadmod, postgres, postmaster (deprecated),
280 psql, reindexdb, vacuumdb, and optionally (in contrib/) oid2name,
281 pg_archivecleanup, pgbench, pg_standby, pg_test_fsync,
282 pg_test_timing, pg_upgrade, pg_xlogdump, vacuumlo, and many others
283 </seg>
284 <seg>
285 libecpg.{so,a}, libecpg_compat.{so,a}, libpgcommon.a, libpgport.a,
286 libpgtypes.{so,a}, libpq.{so,a}, various charset modules, and
287 optionally programming language modules under /usr/lib/postgresql
288 </seg>
289 <seg>
290 /usr/include/{libpq,postgresql},
291 /usr/lib/postgresql,
292 /usr/share/{doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;,postgresql}, and
293 /srv/pgsql
294 </seg>
295 </seglistitem>
296 </segmentedlist>
297
298 <variablelist>
299 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
300 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
301 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
302
303 <varlistentry id="clusterdb">
304 <term><command>clusterdb</command></term>
305 <listitem>
306 <para>is a utility for reclustering tables in a
307 <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
308 <indexterm zone="postgresql clusterdb">
309 <primary sortas="b-clusterdb">clusterdb</primary>
310 </indexterm>
311 </listitem>
312 </varlistentry>
313
314 <varlistentry id="createdb">
315 <term><command>createdb</command></term>
316 <listitem>
317 <para> creates a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
318 database.</para>
319 <indexterm zone="postgresql createdb">
320 <primary sortas="b-createdb">createdb</primary>
321 </indexterm>
322 </listitem>
323 </varlistentry>
324
325 <varlistentry id="createlang">
326 <term><command>createlang</command></term>
327 <listitem>
328 <para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
329 language.</para>
330 <indexterm zone="postgresql createlang">
331 <primary sortas="b-createlang">createlang</primary>
332 </indexterm>
333 </listitem>
334 </varlistentry>
335
336 <varlistentry id="createuser">
337 <term><command>createuser</command></term>
338 <listitem>
339 <para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
340 user account.</para>
341 <indexterm zone="postgresql createuser">
342 <primary sortas="b-createuser">createuser</primary>
343 </indexterm>
344 </listitem>
345 </varlistentry>
346
347 <varlistentry id="dropdb">
348 <term><command>dropdb</command></term>
349 <listitem>
350 <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
351 <indexterm zone="postgresql dropdb">
352 <primary sortas="b-dropdb">dropdb</primary>
353 </indexterm>
354 </listitem>
355 </varlistentry>
356
357 <varlistentry id="droplang">
358 <term><command>droplang</command></term>
359 <listitem>
360 <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
361 language.</para>
362 <indexterm zone="postgresql droplang">
363 <primary sortas="b-droplang">droplang</primary>
364 </indexterm>
365 </listitem>
366 </varlistentry>
367
368 <varlistentry id="dropuser">
369 <term><command>dropuser</command></term>
370 <listitem>
371 <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application>
372 user account.</para>
373 <indexterm zone="postgresql dropuser">
374 <primary sortas="b-dropuser">dropuser</primary>
375 </indexterm>
376 </listitem>
377 </varlistentry>
378
379 <varlistentry id="ecpg">
380 <term><command>ecpg</command></term>
381 <listitem>
382 <para>is the embedded SQL preprocessor.</para>
383 <indexterm zone="postgresql ecpg">
384 <primary sortas="b-ecpg">ecpg</primary>
385 </indexterm>
386 </listitem>
387 </varlistentry>
388
389 <varlistentry id="initdb">
390 <term><command>initdb</command></term>
391 <listitem>
392 <para>creates a new database cluster.</para>
393 <indexterm zone="postgresql initdb">
394 <primary sortas="b-initdb">initdb</primary>
395 </indexterm>
396 </listitem>
397 </varlistentry>
398
399 <varlistentry id="oid2name">
400 <term><command>oid2name</command></term>
401 <listitem>
402 <para>resolves OIDs (Object IDs) and file nodes in a PostgreSQL data
403 directory.</para>
404 <indexterm zone="postgresql oid2name">
405 <primary sortas="b-oid2name">oid2name</primary>
406 </indexterm>
407 </listitem>
408 </varlistentry>
409
410 <varlistentry id="pg_archivecleanup">
411 <term><command>pg_archivecleanup</command></term>
412 <listitem>
413 <para>clean up PostgreSQL WAL (write-ahead log) archive files.</para>
414 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_archivecleanup">
415 <primary sortas="b-pg_archivecleanup">pg_archivecleanup</primary>
416 </indexterm>
417 </listitem>
418 </varlistentry>
419
420 <varlistentry id="pg_basebackup">
421 <term><command>pg_basebackup</command></term>
422 <listitem>
423 <para>takes base backups of a running
424 <application>PostgreSQL</application> cluster.</para>
425 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_basebackup">
426 <primary sortas="b-pg_basebackup">pg_basebackup</primary>
427 </indexterm>
428 </listitem>
429 </varlistentry>
430
431 <varlistentry id="pg_config">
432 <term><command>pg_config</command></term>
433 <listitem>
434 <para>retrieves <application>PostgreSQL</application> version
435 information.</para>
436 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_config">
437 <primary sortas="b-pg_config">pg_config</primary>
438 </indexterm>
439 </listitem>
440 </varlistentry>
441
442 <varlistentry id="pg_controldata">
443 <term><command>pg_controldata</command></term>
444 <listitem>
445 <para>returns information initialized during
446 <command>initdb</command>, such as the catalog version and server
447 locale.</para>
448 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_controldata">
449 <primary sortas="b-pg_controldata">pg_controldata</primary>
450 </indexterm>
451 </listitem>
452 </varlistentry>
453
454 <varlistentry id="pg_ctl">
455 <term><command>pg_ctl</command></term>
456 <listitem>
457 <para>controls stopping and starting the database server.</para>
458 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_ctl">
459 <primary sortas="b-pg_ctl">pg_ctl</primary>
460 </indexterm>
461 </listitem>
462 </varlistentry>
463
464 <varlistentry id="pg_dump">
465 <term><command>pg_dump</command></term>
466 <listitem>
467 <para>dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are used
468 to recreate the database.</para>
469 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dump">
470 <primary sortas="b-pg_dump">pg_dump</primary>
471 </indexterm>
472 </listitem>
473 </varlistentry>
474
475 <varlistentry id="pg_dumpall">
476 <term><command>pg_dumpall</command></term>
477 <listitem>
478 <para>recursively calls <command>pg_dump</command> for each
479 database in a cluster.</para>
480 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dumpall">
481 <primary sortas="b-pg_dumpall">pg_dumpall</primary>
482 </indexterm>
483 </listitem>
484 </varlistentry>
485
486 <varlistentry id="pg_isready">
487 <term><command>pg_isready</command></term>
488 <listitem>
489 <para>check the connection status of a PostgreSQL server.</para>
490 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_isready">
491 <primary sortas="b-pg_isready">pg_isready</primary>
492 </indexterm>
493 </listitem>
494 </varlistentry>
495
496 <varlistentry id="pg_receivexlog">
497 <term><command>pg_receivexlog</command></term>
498 <listitem>
499 <para>
500 is used to stream transaction log from a running
501 PostgreSQL cluster.
502 </para>
503 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_receivexlog">
504 <primary sortas="b-pg_receivexlog">pg_receivexlog</primary>
505 </indexterm>
506 </listitem>
507 </varlistentry>
508
509 <varlistentry id="pg_recvlogical">
510 <term><command>pg_recvlogical</command></term>
511 <listitem>
512 <para>controls PostgreSQL logical decoding streams.</para>
513 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_recvlogical">
514 <primary sortas="b-pg_recvlogical">pg_recvlogical</primary>
515 </indexterm>
516 </listitem>
517 </varlistentry>
518
519 <varlistentry id="pg_resetxlog">
520 <term><command>pg_resetxlog</command></term>
521 <listitem>
522 <para>clears the write-ahead log and optionally resets some
523 fields in the <filename>pg_control</filename> file.</para>
524 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_resetxlog">
525 <primary sortas="b-pg_resetxlog">pg_resetxlog</primary>
526 </indexterm>
527 </listitem>
528 </varlistentry>
529
530 <varlistentry id="pg_restore">
531 <term><command>pg_restore</command></term>
532 <listitem>
533 <para>creates databases from dump files created by
534 <command>pg_dump</command>.</para>
535 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_restore">
536 <primary sortas="b-pg_restore">pg_restore</primary>
537 </indexterm>
538 </listitem>
539 </varlistentry>
540
541 <varlistentry id="pg_standby">
542 <term><command>pg_standby</command></term>
543 <listitem>
544 <para>supports the creation of a PostgreSQL warm standby
545 server.</para>
546 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_standby">
547 <primary sortas="b-pg_standby">pg_standby</primary>
548 </indexterm>
549 </listitem>
550 </varlistentry>
551
552 <varlistentry id="pg_test_fsync">
553 <term><command>pg_test_fsync</command></term>
554 <listitem>
555 <para>determine fastest wal_sync method for PostgreSQL.</para>
556 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_fsync">
557 <primary sortas="b-pg_test_fsync">pg_test_fsync</primary>
558 </indexterm>
559 </listitem>
560 </varlistentry>
561
562 <varlistentry id="pg_test_timing">
563 <term><command>pg_test_timing</command></term>
564 <listitem>
565 <para>measure timing overhead.</para>
566 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_timing">
567 <primary sortas="b-pg_test_timing">pg_test_timing</primary>
568 </indexterm>
569 </listitem>
570 </varlistentry>
571
572 <varlistentry id="pg_upgrade">
573 <term><command>pg_upgrade</command></term>
574 <listitem>
575 <para>upgrade a PostgreSQL server instance.</para>
576 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_upgrade">
577 <primary sortas="b-pg_upgrade">pg_upgrade</primary>
578 </indexterm>
579 </listitem>
580 </varlistentry>
581
582 <varlistentry id="pg_xlogdump">
583 <term><command>pg_xlogdump</command></term>
584 <listitem>
585 <para>display a human-readable rendering of the write-ahead log of a
586 PostgreSQL database cluster.</para>
587 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_xlogdump">
588 <primary sortas="b-pg_xlogdump">pg_xlogdump</primary>
589 </indexterm>
590 </listitem>
591 </varlistentry>
592
593 <varlistentry id="pgbench">
594 <term><command>pgbench</command></term>
595 <listitem>
596 <para>run a benchmark test on PostgreSQL.</para>
597 <indexterm zone="postgresql pgbench">
598 <primary sortas="b-pgbench">pgbench</primary>
599 </indexterm>
600 </listitem>
601 </varlistentry>
602
603 <varlistentry id="pltcl_delmod">
604 <term><command>pltcl_delmod</command></term>
605 <listitem>
606 <para>is a support script used to delete a module from a
607 PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
608 requires the <ulink
609 url="http://flightaware.github.io/Pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
610 package to be installed also.</para>
611 <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_delmod">
612 <primary sortas="b-pltcl_delmod">pltcl_delmod</primary>
613 </indexterm>
614 </listitem>
615 </varlistentry>
616
617 <varlistentry id="pltcl_listmod">
618 <term><command>pltcl_listmod</command></term>
619 <listitem>
620 <para>is a support script used to list the modules in a
621 PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
622 requires the <ulink
623 url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
624 package to be installed also.</para>
625 <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_listmod">
626 <primary sortas="b-pltcl_listmod">pltcl_listmod</primary>
627 </indexterm>
628 </listitem>
629 </varlistentry>
630
631 <varlistentry id="pltcl_loadmod">
632 <term><command>pltcl_loadmod</command></term>
633 <listitem>
634 <para>is a support script used to load a module into a
635 PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
636 requires the <ulink
637 url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
638 package to be installed also.</para>
639 <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_loadmod">
640 <primary sortas="b-pltcl_loadmod">pltcl_loadmod</primary>
641 </indexterm>
642 </listitem>
643 </varlistentry>
644
645 <varlistentry id="postgres">
646 <term><command>postgres</command></term>
647 <listitem>
648 <para>is the PostgreSQL database server.</para>
649 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgres">
650 <primary sortas="b-postgres">postgres</primary>
651 </indexterm>
652 </listitem>
653 </varlistentry>
654
655 <varlistentry id="postmaster">
656 <term><command>postmaster</command></term>
657 <listitem>
658 <para>(deprecated, a symlink to <command>postgres</command>) is a
659 multi-user database daemon.</para>
660 <indexterm zone="postgresql postmaster">
661 <primary sortas="b-postmaster">postmaster</primary>
662 </indexterm>
663 </listitem>
664 </varlistentry>
665
666 <varlistentry id="psql">
667 <term><command>psql</command></term>
668 <listitem>
669 <para>is a console based database shell.</para>
670 <indexterm zone="postgresql psql">
671 <primary sortas="b-psql">psql</primary>
672 </indexterm>
673 </listitem>
674 </varlistentry>
675
676 <varlistentry id="reindexdb">
677 <term><command>reindexdb</command></term>
678 <listitem>
679 <para>is a utility for rebuilding indexes in a database.</para>
680 <indexterm zone="postgresql reindexdb">
681 <primary sortas="b-reindexdb">reindexdb</primary>
682 </indexterm>
683 </listitem>
684 </varlistentry>
685
686 <varlistentry id="vacuumdb">
687 <term><command>vacuumdb</command></term>
688 <listitem>
689 <para>compacts databases and generates statistics for the query
690 analyzer.</para>
691 <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumdb">
692 <primary sortas="b-vacuumdb">vacuumdb</primary>
693 </indexterm>
694 </listitem>
695 </varlistentry>
696
697 <varlistentry id="vacuumlo">
698 <term><command>vacuumlo</command></term>
699 <listitem>
700 <para>remove orphaned large objects from a PostgreSQL database.</para>
701 <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumlo">
702 <primary sortas="b-vacuumlo">vacuumlo</primary>
703 </indexterm>
704 </listitem>
705 </varlistentry>
706
707 <varlistentry id="libecpg">
708 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg.{so,a}</filename></term>
709 <listitem>
710 <para>contains functions to support embedded SQL in C programs.</para>
711 <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg">
712 <primary sortas="c-libecpg">libecpg.{so,a}</primary>
713 </indexterm>
714 </listitem>
715 </varlistentry>
716
717 <varlistentry id="libecpg_compat">
718 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg_compat.{so,a}</filename></term>
719 <listitem>
720 <para>is the ecpg compatibility library.</para>
721 <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg_compat">
722 <primary sortas="c-libecpg_compat">libecpg_compat.{so,a}</primary>
723 </indexterm>
724 </listitem>
725 </varlistentry>
726
727 <varlistentry id="libgport">
728 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgport.a</filename></term>
729 <listitem>
730 <para>is the port-specific subsystem of the Postgres backend.</para>
731 <indexterm zone="postgresql libgport">
732 <primary sortas="c-libgport">libgport.a</primary>
733 </indexterm>
734 </listitem>
735 </varlistentry>
736
737 <varlistentry id="libpgtypes">
738 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpgtypes.{so,a}</filename></term>
739 <listitem>
740 <para>contains functions for dealing with Postgres data types.</para>
741 <indexterm zone="postgresql libpgtypes">
742 <primary sortas="c-libpgtypes">libpgtypes.{so,a}</primary>
743 </indexterm>
744 </listitem>
745 </varlistentry>
746
747 <varlistentry id="libpq">
748 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpq.{so,a}</filename></term>
749 <listitem>
750 <para>is the C programmer's API to Postgres.</para>
751 <indexterm zone="postgresql libpq">
752 <primary sortas="c-libpq">libpq.{so,a}</primary>
753 </indexterm>
754 </listitem>
755 </varlistentry>
756
757 </variablelist>
758
759 </sect2>
760
761</sect1>
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