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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 "0247b0a24e76a3f20cc50c06d0aa2412">
10 <!ENTITY postgresql-size "16 MB">
11 <!ENTITY postgresql-buildsize "168 MB (additional 170 MB to run the testsuite)">
12 <!ENTITY postgresql-time "1.4 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 &lfs75_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<screen><userinput>sed -i '/DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR/s@/tmp@/run/postgresql@' src/include/pg_config_manual.h &amp;&amp;
95sed -i -e 's@psql\\"@&amp; -h /tmp@' src/test/regress/pg_regress{,_main}.c &amp;&amp;
96sed -i -e 's@gres\\"@&amp; -k /tmp@' src/test/regress/pg_regress.c &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 <warning>
103 <para>This package contains a known security hole that allows other
104 users on the same machine to gain access to an operating system account
105 while it is doing "make check": CVE-2014-0067. Untill the fix is available,
106 users are strongly advised not to run "make check" on machines where
107 untrusted users have accounts. </para>
108 </warning>
109
110 <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
111
112 <para>There are a number of programs in the
113 <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename> directory. If you are going
114 to run this installation as a server and wish to build some of them, enter
115 <command>make -C contrib</command> or
116 <command>make -C contrib/<replaceable>&lt;SUBDIR-NAME&gt;</replaceable></command> for each subdirectory.
117 </para>
118
119 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
120
121<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
122make install-docs</userinput></screen>
123
124 <para>If you made any of the <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename>
125 programs, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
126
127<screen role="nodump/"><userinput>make -C contrib/<replaceable>&lt;SUBDIR-NAME&gt;</replaceable> install</userinput></screen>
128
129 <para><emphasis>If you only intend to use <application>PostgreSQL</application>
130 as a client to connect to a server on another machine, your installation is
131 complete and you should not run the remaining commands.</emphasis></para>
132
133 <!-- 'Upgrading' seems to only ever exist in the docs for *previous* version -->
134 <note>
135 <para>If you are upgrading an existing system and are going to install
136 the new files over the old ones, then you should back up your data, shut
137 down the old server and follow the instructions in <ulink
138 url="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/install-upgrading.html">the
139 official <application>PostgreSQL</application> documentation</ulink>.</para>
140 </note>
141
142 <para>Initialize a database cluster with the following commands issued by the
143 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
144
145<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm700 /srv/pgsql/data &amp;&amp;
146install -v -dm755 /run/postgresql &amp;&amp;
147groupadd -g 41 postgres &amp;&amp;
148useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data \
149 -u 41 postgres &amp;&amp;
150chown -Rv postgres:postgres /srv/pgsql /run/postgresql &amp;&amp;
151su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/data'</userinput></screen>
152
153 <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, start the
154 database server with the following command:</para>
155
156<screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postmaster -D /srv/pgsql/data > \
157 /srv/pgsql/data/logfile 2&gt;&amp;1 &amp;'</userinput></screen>
158
159 <para>Still as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, create
160 a database and verify the installation:</para>
161
162<screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test' &amp;&amp;
163echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \
164 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
165echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \
166 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
167echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \
168 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
169echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \
170 | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &amp;&amp;
171echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test')</userinput></screen>
172
173 </sect2>
174
175 <sect2 role="commands">
176 <title>Command Explanations</title>
177
178 <para>
179 <command>sed -i ...</command>: These seds change server socket location
180 from <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> to
181 <filename class="directory">/run/postgresql</filename> and fix up the
182 regression tests to use <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> so
183 that they can work reliably.
184 </para>
185
186 <para><parameter>--docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;</parameter>:
187 This switch puts the documentation in a versioned directory.</para>
188
189 <para><parameter>--enable-thread-safety</parameter>: This switch makes the
190 client libraries thread-safe by allowing concurrent threads in
191 <filename class="libraryfile">libpq</filename> and ECPG programs to safely
192 control their private connection handles.</para>
193
194 <para><option>--with-openssl</option>: build with support for
195 <application>OpenSSL</application> encrypted connections.</para>
196
197 <para><option>--with-perl</option>: build the PL/Perl server-side language.
198 </para>
199
200 <para><option>--with-python</option>: build the PL/Python server-side
201 language.</para>
202
203 <para><option>--with-tcl</option>: build the PL/Tcl server-side language.</para>
204
205 <para><command>groupadd ...</command>; <command>useradd ...</command>:
206 These commands add an unprivileged user and group to run the database
207 server.</para>
208
209 <para><command>createdb test; create table t1; insert into t1 values...;
210 select * from t1</command>: Create a database, add a table to it, insert
211 some rows into the table and select them to verify that the installation
212 is working properly.</para>
213
214 </sect2>
215
216 <sect2 role="configuration">
217 <title>Configuring PostgreSQL</title>
218
219 <sect3 id="postgresql-config">
220 <title>Config Files</title>
221
222 <para><filename>$PGDATA/pg_ident.con</filename>,
223 <filename>$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf</filename> and
224 <filename>$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</filename></para>
225
226 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
227 <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_ident.con">$PGDATA/pg_indent.con</primary>
228 </indexterm>
229
230 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
231 <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_hba.conf">$PGDATA/pg_hba_conf</primary>
232 </indexterm>
233
234 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
235 <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-postgresql.conf">$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</primary>
236 </indexterm>
237
238 <para>The <envar>PGDATA</envar> environment variable is used to
239 distinguish database clusters from one another by setting it to
240 the value of the directory which contains the cluster desired.
241 The three configuration files exist in every <filename
242 class="directory">PGDATA/</filename> directory. Details on the
243 format of the files and the options that can be set in each can
244 be found in <ulink
245 url="file:///usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;/html/index.html"/>.</para>
246
247 </sect3>
248
249 <sect3 id="postgresql-init">
250 <title>Boot Script</title>
251
252 <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql</filename>
253 init script included in the
254 <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
255
256 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-init">
257 <primary sortas="f-postgresql">postgresql</primary>
258 </indexterm>
259
260<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-postgresql</userinput></screen>
261
262 </sect3>
263
264 </sect2>
265
266 <sect2 role="content">
267 <title>Contents</title>
268
269 <segmentedlist>
270 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
271 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
272 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
273
274 <seglistitem>
275 <seg>clusterdb, createdb, createlang, createuser, dropdb, droplang,
276 dropuser, ecpg, initdb, pg_basebackup, pg_config, pg_controldata, pg_ctl,
277 pg_dump, pg_dumpall, pg_isready, pg_receivexlog, pg_resetxlog, pg_restore, pltcl_delmod,
278 pltcl_listmod, pltcl_loadmod, postgres, postmaster, psql,
279 reindexdb, vacuumdb, and optionally (in contrib/) oid2name, pg_archivecleanup,
280 pgbench, pg_standby, pg_test_fsync, pg_test_timing, pg_upgrade, pg_xlogdump,
281 vacuumlo,</seg>
282 <seg>libecpg.{so,a}, libecpg_compat.{so,a}, libpgport.a, libpgtypes.{so,a},
283 libpq.{so,a}, various charset modules, and optionally programming language
284 modules.</seg>
285 <seg>/srv/pgsql, /usr/include/libpq, /usr/include/postgresql,
286 /usr/lib/postgresql, /usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;, and
287 /usr/share/postgresql</seg>
288 </seglistitem>
289 </segmentedlist>
290
291 <variablelist>
292 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
293 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
294 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
295
296 <varlistentry id="clusterdb">
297 <term><command>clusterdb</command></term>
298 <listitem>
299 <para>is a utility for reclustering tables in a
300 <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
301 <indexterm zone="postgresql clusterdb">
302 <primary sortas="b-clusterdb">clusterdb</primary>
303 </indexterm>
304 </listitem>
305 </varlistentry>
306
307 <varlistentry id="createdb">
308 <term><command>createdb</command></term>
309 <listitem>
310 <para> creates a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
311 database.</para>
312 <indexterm zone="postgresql createdb">
313 <primary sortas="b-createdb">createdb</primary>
314 </indexterm>
315 </listitem>
316 </varlistentry>
317
318 <varlistentry id="createlang">
319 <term><command>createlang</command></term>
320 <listitem>
321 <para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
322 language.</para>
323 <indexterm zone="postgresql createlang">
324 <primary sortas="b-createlang">createlang</primary>
325 </indexterm>
326 </listitem>
327 </varlistentry>
328
329 <varlistentry id="createuser">
330 <term><command>createuser</command></term>
331 <listitem>
332 <para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
333 user account.</para>
334 <indexterm zone="postgresql createuser">
335 <primary sortas="b-createuser">createuser</primary>
336 </indexterm>
337 </listitem>
338 </varlistentry>
339
340 <varlistentry id="dropdb">
341 <term><command>dropdb</command></term>
342 <listitem>
343 <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
344 <indexterm zone="postgresql dropdb">
345 <primary sortas="b-dropdb">dropdb</primary>
346 </indexterm>
347 </listitem>
348 </varlistentry>
349
350 <varlistentry id="droplang">
351 <term><command>droplang</command></term>
352 <listitem>
353 <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
354 language.</para>
355 <indexterm zone="postgresql droplang">
356 <primary sortas="b-droplang">droplang</primary>
357 </indexterm>
358 </listitem>
359 </varlistentry>
360
361 <varlistentry id="dropuser">
362 <term><command>dropuser</command></term>
363 <listitem>
364 <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application>
365 user account.</para>
366 <indexterm zone="postgresql dropuser">
367 <primary sortas="b-dropuser">dropuser</primary>
368 </indexterm>
369 </listitem>
370 </varlistentry>
371
372 <varlistentry id="ecpg">
373 <term><command>ecpg</command></term>
374 <listitem>
375 <para>is the embedded SQL preprocessor.</para>
376 <indexterm zone="postgresql ecpg">
377 <primary sortas="b-ecpg">ecpg</primary>
378 </indexterm>
379 </listitem>
380 </varlistentry>
381
382 <varlistentry id="initdb">
383 <term><command>initdb</command></term>
384 <listitem>
385 <para>creates a new database cluster.</para>
386 <indexterm zone="postgresql initdb">
387 <primary sortas="b-initdb">initdb</primary>
388 </indexterm>
389 </listitem>
390 </varlistentry>
391
392 <varlistentry id="oid2name">
393 <term><command>oid2name</command></term>
394 <listitem>
395 <para>resolves OIDs (Object IDs) and file nodes in a PostgreSQL data
396 directory.</para>
397 <indexterm zone="postgresql oid2name">
398 <primary sortas="b-oid2name">oid2name</primary>
399 </indexterm>
400 </listitem>
401 </varlistentry>
402
403 <varlistentry id="pg_archivecleanup">
404 <term><command>pg_archivecleanup</command></term>
405 <listitem>
406 <para>clean up PostgreSQL WAL (write-ahead log) archive files.</para>
407 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_archivecleanup">
408 <primary sortas="b-pg_archivecleanup">pg_archivecleanup</primary>
409 </indexterm>
410 </listitem>
411 </varlistentry>
412
413 <varlistentry id="pg_basebackup">
414 <term><command>pg_basebackup</command></term>
415 <listitem>
416 <para>takes base backups of a running
417 <application>PostgreSQL</application> cluster.</para>
418 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_basebackup">
419 <primary sortas="b-pg_basebackup">pg_basebackup</primary>
420 </indexterm>
421 </listitem>
422 </varlistentry>
423
424 <varlistentry id="pg_config">
425 <term><command>pg_config</command></term>
426 <listitem>
427 <para>retrieves <application>PostgreSQL</application> version
428 information.</para>
429 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_config">
430 <primary sortas="b-pg_config">pg_config</primary>
431 </indexterm>
432 </listitem>
433 </varlistentry>
434
435 <varlistentry id="pg_controldata">
436 <term><command>pg_controldata</command></term>
437 <listitem>
438 <para>returns information initialized during
439 <command>initdb</command>, such as the catalog version and server
440 locale.</para>
441 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_controldata">
442 <primary sortas="b-pg_controldata">pg_controldata</primary>
443 </indexterm>
444 </listitem>
445 </varlistentry>
446
447 <varlistentry id="pg_ctl">
448 <term><command>pg_ctl</command></term>
449 <listitem>
450 <para>controls stopping and starting the database server.</para>
451 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_ctl">
452 <primary sortas="b-pg_ctl">pg_ctl</primary>
453 </indexterm>
454 </listitem>
455 </varlistentry>
456
457 <varlistentry id="pg_dump">
458 <term><command>pg_dump</command></term>
459 <listitem>
460 <para>dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are used
461 to recreate the database.</para>
462 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dump">
463 <primary sortas="b-pg_dump">pg_dump</primary>
464 </indexterm>
465 </listitem>
466 </varlistentry>
467
468 <varlistentry id="pg_dumpall">
469 <term><command>pg_dumpall</command></term>
470 <listitem>
471 <para>recursively calls <command>pg_dump</command> for each
472 database in a cluster.</para>
473 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dumpall">
474 <primary sortas="b-pg_dumpall">pg_dumpall</primary>
475 </indexterm>
476 </listitem>
477 </varlistentry>
478
479 <varlistentry id="pg_isready">
480 <term><command>pg_isready</command></term>
481 <listitem>
482 <para>check the connection status of a PostgreSQL server.</para>
483 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_isready">
484 <primary sortas="b-pg_isready">pg_isready</primary>
485 </indexterm>
486 </listitem>
487 </varlistentry>
488
489 <varlistentry id="pg_resetxlog">
490 <term><command>pg_resetxlog</command></term>
491 <listitem>
492 <para>clears the write-ahead log and optionally resets some
493 fields in the <filename>pg_control</filename> file.</para>
494 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_resetxlog">
495 <primary sortas="b-pg_resetxlog">pg_resetxlog</primary>
496 </indexterm>
497 </listitem>
498 </varlistentry>
499
500 <varlistentry id="pg_restore">
501 <term><command>pg_restore</command></term>
502 <listitem>
503 <para>creates databases from dump files created by
504 <command>pg_dump</command>.</para>
505 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_restore">
506 <primary sortas="b-pg_restore">pg_restore</primary>
507 </indexterm>
508 </listitem>
509 </varlistentry>
510
511 <varlistentry id="pg_standby">
512 <term><command>pg_standby</command></term>
513 <listitem>
514 <para>supports the creation of a PostgreSQL warm standby
515 server.</para>
516 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_standby">
517 <primary sortas="b-pg_standby">pg_standby</primary>
518 </indexterm>
519 </listitem>
520 </varlistentry>
521
522 <varlistentry id="pg_test_fsync">
523 <term><command>pg_test_fsync</command></term>
524 <listitem>
525 <para>determine fastest wal_sync method for PostgreSQL.</para>
526 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_fsync">
527 <primary sortas="b-pg_test_fsync">pg_test_fsync</primary>
528 </indexterm>
529 </listitem>
530 </varlistentry>
531
532 <varlistentry id="pg_test_timing">
533 <term><command>pg_test_timing</command></term>
534 <listitem>
535 <para>measure timing overhead.</para>
536 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_timing">
537 <primary sortas="b-pg_test_timing">pg_test_timing</primary>
538 </indexterm>
539 </listitem>
540 </varlistentry>
541
542 <varlistentry id="pg_upgrade">
543 <term><command>pg_upgrade</command></term>
544 <listitem>
545 <para>upgrade a PostgreSQL server instance.</para>
546 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_upgrade">
547 <primary sortas="b-pg_upgrade">pg_upgrade</primary>
548 </indexterm>
549 </listitem>
550 </varlistentry>
551
552 <varlistentry id="pg_xlogdump">
553 <term><command>pg_xlogdump</command></term>
554 <listitem>
555 <para>display a human-readable rendering of the write-ahead log of a
556 PostgreSQL database cluster.</para>
557 <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_xlogdump">
558 <primary sortas="b-pg_xlogdump">pg_xlogdump</primary>
559 </indexterm>
560 </listitem>
561 </varlistentry>
562
563 <varlistentry id="pgbench">
564 <term><command>pgbench</command></term>
565 <listitem>
566 <para>run a benchmark test on PostgreSQL.</para>
567 <indexterm zone="postgresql pgbench">
568 <primary sortas="b-pgbench">pgbench</primary>
569 </indexterm>
570 </listitem>
571 </varlistentry>
572
573 <varlistentry id="pltcl_delmod">
574 <term><command>pltcl_delmod</command></term>
575 <listitem>
576 <para>is a support script used to delete a module from a
577 PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
578 requires the <ulink
579 url="http://flightaware.github.io/Pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
580 package to be installed also.</para>
581 <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_delmod">
582 <primary sortas="b-pltcl_delmod">pltcl_delmod</primary>
583 </indexterm>
584 </listitem>
585 </varlistentry>
586
587 <varlistentry id="pltcl_listmod">
588 <term><command>pltcl_listmod</command></term>
589 <listitem>
590 <para>is a support script used to list the modules in a
591 PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
592 requires the <ulink
593 url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
594 package to be installed also.</para>
595 <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_listmod">
596 <primary sortas="b-pltcl_listmod">pltcl_listmod</primary>
597 </indexterm>
598 </listitem>
599 </varlistentry>
600
601 <varlistentry id="pltcl_loadmod">
602 <term><command>pltcl_loadmod</command></term>
603 <listitem>
604 <para>is a support script used to load a module into a
605 PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
606 requires the <ulink
607 url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
608 package to be installed also.</para>
609 <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_loadmod">
610 <primary sortas="b-pltcl_loadmod">pltcl_loadmod</primary>
611 </indexterm>
612 </listitem>
613 </varlistentry>
614
615 <varlistentry id="postgres">
616 <term><command>postgres</command></term>
617 <listitem>
618 <para>is a single user database server, generally used for
619 debugging.</para>
620 <indexterm zone="postgresql postgres">
621 <primary sortas="b-postgres">postgres</primary>
622 </indexterm>
623 </listitem>
624 </varlistentry>
625
626 <varlistentry id="postmaster">
627 <term><command>postmaster</command></term>
628 <listitem>
629 <para>(a symlink to <command>postgres</command>) is a multi-user
630 database daemon.</para>
631 <indexterm zone="postgresql postmaster">
632 <primary sortas="b-postmaster">postmaster</primary>
633 </indexterm>
634 </listitem>
635 </varlistentry>
636
637 <varlistentry id="psql">
638 <term><command>psql</command></term>
639 <listitem>
640 <para>is a console based database shell.</para>
641 <indexterm zone="postgresql psql">
642 <primary sortas="b-psql">psql</primary>
643 </indexterm>
644 </listitem>
645 </varlistentry>
646
647 <varlistentry id="reindexdb">
648 <term><command>reindexdb</command></term>
649 <listitem>
650 <para>is a utility for rebuilding indexes in a database.</para>
651 <indexterm zone="postgresql reindexdb">
652 <primary sortas="b-reindexdb">reindexdb</primary>
653 </indexterm>
654 </listitem>
655 </varlistentry>
656
657 <varlistentry id="vacuumdb">
658 <term><command>vacuumdb</command></term>
659 <listitem>
660 <para>compacts databases and generates statistics for the query
661 analyzer.</para>
662 <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumdb">
663 <primary sortas="b-vacuumdb">vacuumdb</primary>
664 </indexterm>
665 </listitem>
666 </varlistentry>
667
668 <varlistentry id="vacuumlo">
669 <term><command>vacuumlo</command></term>
670 <listitem>
671 <para>remove orphaned large objects from a PostgreSQL database.</para>
672 <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumlo">
673 <primary sortas="b-vacuumlo">vacuumlo</primary>
674 </indexterm>
675 </listitem>
676 </varlistentry>
677
678 <varlistentry id="libecpg">
679 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg.{so,a}</filename></term>
680 <listitem>
681 <para>contains functions to support embedded SQL in C programs.</para>
682 <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg">
683 <primary sortas="c-libecpg">libecpg.{so,a}</primary>
684 </indexterm>
685 </listitem>
686 </varlistentry>
687
688 <varlistentry id="libecpg_compat">
689 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg_compat.{so,a}</filename></term>
690 <listitem>
691 <para>is the ecpg compatibility library.</para>
692 <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg_compat">
693 <primary sortas="c-libecpg_compat">libecpg_compat.{so,a}</primary>
694 </indexterm>
695 </listitem>
696 </varlistentry>
697
698 <varlistentry id="libgport">
699 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgport.a</filename></term>
700 <listitem>
701 <para>is the port-specific subsystem of the Postgres backend.</para>
702 <indexterm zone="postgresql libgport">
703 <primary sortas="c-libgport">libgport.a</primary>
704 </indexterm>
705 </listitem>
706 </varlistentry>
707
708 <varlistentry id="libpgtypes">
709 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpgtypes.{so,a}</filename></term>
710 <listitem>
711 <para>contains functions for dealing with Postgres data types.</para>
712 <indexterm zone="postgresql libpgtypes">
713 <primary sortas="c-libpgtypes">libpgtypes.{so,a}</primary>
714 </indexterm>
715 </listitem>
716 </varlistentry>
717
718 <varlistentry id="libpq">
719 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpq.{so,a}</filename></term>
720 <listitem>
721 <para>is the C programmer's API to Postgres.</para>
722 <indexterm zone="postgresql libpq">
723 <primary sortas="c-libpq">libpq.{so,a}</primary>
724 </indexterm>
725 </listitem>
726 </varlistentry>
727
728 </variablelist>
729
730 </sect2>
731
732</sect1>
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