GitHub - pgsty/pig: PostgreSQL Extension Package Manager

PIG - Postgres Install Genius

pig is an open-source PostgreSQL (& Extension) Package Manager for mainstream (EL/Debian/Ubuntu) Linux.

Install PostgreSQL 13 ~ 18 along with 473 extensions on (amd64 / arm64) with native OS package manager

Also check the PGEXT.CLOUD to get details about the package manager, repository and extension catalog.

Get Started

Install the pig package first, (you can also use the apt / yum or just copy the binary)

curl -fsSL https://repo.pigsty.io/pig | bash

Then it's ready to use, assume you want to install the pg_duckdb extension:

$ pig repo add pigsty pgdg -u       # add pgdg & pigsty repo, then update repo cache
$ pig ext install pg18              # install PostgreSQL 18 kernels with native PGDG packages
$ pig ext install pg_duckdb -v 18   # install the pg_duckdb extension (for current pg18)

That's it, All set! Check the advanced usage for details and the full list 430+ available extensions.

Installation

The pig util is a standalone go binary with no dependencies. You can install with the script:

curl -fsSL https://repo.pigsty.io/pig | bash   # cloudflare default
curl -fsSL https://repo.pigsty.cc/pig | bash   # mainland china mirror

Or just download and extract the binary, or use the apt/dnf package manager:

For Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 & Debian 12 / 13 or any compatible platforms:

sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pigsty.list > /dev/null <<EOF
deb [trusted=yes] https://repo.pigsty.io/apt/infra generic main 
EOF
sudo apt update; sudo apt install -y pig

For EL 8 / 9 / 10 and compatible platforms:

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/pigsty.repo > /dev/null <<-'EOF'
[pigsty-infra]
name=Pigsty Infra for $basearch
baseurl=https://repo.pigsty.io/yum/infra/$basearch
enabled = 1
gpgcheck = 0
module_hotfixes=1
EOF
sudo yum makecache; sudo yum install -y pig

For mainland china user: consider replace the repo.pigsty.io with repo.pigsty.cc

pig has self-update feature, you can update pig itself to the latest version with:

pig update                  # self-update to the latest version
pig update -v 0.8.1         # self-update to the specific version
pig ext reload              # update extension catalog metadata only

Advanced Usage

Environment Status

pig status                    # show os & pg & pig status
pig repo status               # show upstream repo status
pig ext  status               # show pg extensions status

Extension Management

pig ext list    [query]       # list & search extension      
pig ext info    [ext...]      # get information of a specific extension
pig ext status  [-v]          # show installed extension and pg status
pig ext add     [ext...]      # install extension for current pg version
pig ext rm      [ext...]      # remove extension for current pg version
pig ext update  [ext...]      # update extension to the latest version
pig ext import  [ext...]      # download extension to local repo
pig ext link    [ext...]      # link postgres installation to path
pig ext upgrade               # fetch the latest extension catalog

Repo Management

pig repo list                    # available repo list
pig repo info   [repo|module...] # show repo info
pig repo status                  # show current repo status
pig repo add    [repo|module...] # add repo and modules
pig repo set    [repo|module...] # overwrite & update after add
pig repo rm     [repo|module...] # remove repo & modules
pig repo update                  # update repo pkg cache
pig repo create                  # create repo on current system
pig repo boot                    # boot repo from offline package
pig repo cache                   # cache repo as offline package

Build Management

pig build repo                   # init build repo (=repo set -ru)
pig build tool  [mini|full|...]  # init build toolset
pig build proxy [id@host:port ]  # init build proxy (optional)
pig build rust                   # init rustc cargo
pig build pgrx  [-v 0.16.1]      # init pgrx
pig build spec                   # init build spec repo
pig build get   [all|std|..]     # get ext code tarball with prefixes
pig build dep   [extname...]     # install extension build deps
pig build ext   [extname...]     # build extension
pig build pkg   [extname...]     # get+dep+ext, build extension in one-pass

Radical Repo Admin

The default pig repo add pigsty pgdg will add the PGDG repo and PIGSTY repo to your system. While the following command will backup & wipe your existing repo and add all require repo to your system.

pig repo add all --ru        # This will OVERWRITE all existing repo with node,pgdg,pigsty repo
pig repo set                 # = pig repo add all --update --remove

There's a brutal version of repo add: repo set, which will overwrite you existing repo (-ru) by default.

And you can recover you old repos at /etc/apt/backup or /etc/yum.repos.d/backup.

Install PostgreSQL

You can also install PostgreSQL kernel packages with

pig ext install postgresql -v 18 # install PostgreSQL 18 kernels
pig ext install pg17             # install PostgreSQL 17 kernels (all except test/devel)
pig ext install pg16-mini        # install PostgreSQL 16 kernels with minimal packages
pig ext install pg15 -y          # install PostgreSQL 15 kernels with auto-confirm
pig ext install pg14=14.3        # install PostgreSQL 14 kernels with an specific minor version
pig ext install pg13=13.10       # install PostgreSQL 13 kernels

You can link the installed PostgreSQL to the system path with:

pig ext link 17               # create /usr/pgsql -> /usr/pgsql-17 or /usr/lib/postgresql/17 and put its bin dir in your PATH
. /etc/profile.d/pgsql.sh     # reload the path and take effect immediately

You can also use other package aliases, it will translate to corresponding package on your OS distro and the $v will be replaced with the active or given pg version number, such as 17, 16, etc...

pgsql:        "postgresql$v postgresql$v-server postgresql$v-libs postgresql$v-contrib postgresql$v-plperl postgresql$v-plpython3 postgresql$v-pltcl"
pg18:         "postgresql18 postgresql18-server postgresql18-libs postgresql18-contrib postgresql18-plperl postgresql18-plpython3 postgresql18-pltcl"
pg17-client:  "postgresql17"
pg17-server:  "postgresql17-server postgresql17-libs postgresql17-contrib"
pg17-devel:   "postgresql17-devel"
pg17-basic:   "pg_repack_17 wal2json_17 pgvector_17"
pg16-mini:    "postgresql16 postgresql16-server postgresql16-libs postgresql16-contrib"
pg15-full:    "postgresql15 postgresql15-server postgresql15-libs postgresql15-contrib postgresql15-plperl postgresql15-plpython3 postgresql15-pltcl postgresql15-llvmjit postgresql15-test postgresql15-devel"
pg14-main:    "postgresql14 postgresql14-server postgresql14-libs postgresql14-contrib postgresql14-plperl postgresql14-plpython3 postgresql14-pltcl postgresql14-llvmjit pg_repack_14 wal2json_14 pgvector_14"
pg13-core:    "postgresql13 postgresql13-server postgresql13-libs postgresql13-contrib postgresql13-plperl postgresql13-plpython3 postgresql13-pltcl postgresql13-llvmjit"

More Alias

Take el for examples:

"postgresql":          "postgresql$v postgresql$v-server postgresql$v-libs postgresql$v-contrib postgresql$v-plperl postgresql$v-plpython3 postgresql$v-pltcl",
"pgsql-common":        "patroni patroni-etcd pgbouncer pgbackrest pg_exporter pgbackrest_exporter vip-manager",
"patroni":             "patroni patroni-etcd",
"pgbouncer":           "pgbouncer",
"pgbackrest":          "pgbackrest",
"pg_exporter":         "pg_exporter",
"pgbackrest_exporter": "pgbackrest_exporter",
"vip-manager":         "vip-manager",
"pgbadger":            "pgbadger",
"pg_activity":         "pg_activity",
"pg_filedump":         "pg_filedump",
"pgxnclient":          "pgxnclient",
"pgformatter":         "pgformatter",
"pgcopydb":            "pgcopydb",
"pgloader":            "pgloader",
"pg_timetable":        "pg_timetable",
"timescaledb-utils":   "timescaledb-tools timescaledb-event-streamer",
"ivorysql":            "ivorysql5",
"wiltondb":            "wiltondb",
"polardb":             "PolarDB",
"orioledb":            "orioledb_17 oriolepg_17",
"openhalodb":          "openhalodb",
"percona-core":        "percona-postgresql18,percona-postgresql18-server,percona-postgresql18-contrib,percona-postgresql18-plperl,percona-postgresql18-plpython3,percona-postgresql18-pltcl,percona-pg_tde18",
"percona-main":        "percona-postgresql18,percona-postgresql18-server,percona-postgresql18-contrib,percona-postgresql18-plperl,percona-postgresql18-plpython3,percona-postgresql18-pltcl,percona-pg_tde18,percona-postgis35_18,percona-postgis35_18-client,percona-postgis35_18-utils,percona-pgvector_18,percona-wal2json18,percona-pg_repack18,percona-pgaudit18,percona-pgaudit18_set_user,percona-pg_stat_monitor18,percona-pg_gather",
"ferretdb":            "ferretdb2",
"duckdb":              "duckdb",
"etcd":                "etcd",
"haproxy":             "haproxy",
"pig":                 "pig",
"vray":                "vray",
"juicefs":             "juicefs",
"restic":              "restic",
"rclone":              "rclone",
"genai-toolbox":       "genai-toolbox",

Install for another PG

pig will use the default postgres installation in your active PATH, but you can install extension for a specific installation with -v (when using the PGDG convention), or passing any pg_config path for custom installation.

pig ext install pg_duckdb -v 17     # install the extension for pg17
pig ext install pg_duckdb -p /usr/lib/postgresql/16/bin/pg_config    # specify a pg16 pg_config

Install a specific Version

You can also install PostgreSQL kernel packages with:

pig ext install pgvector=0.8.0 # install pgvector 0.8.0
pig ext install pg16=16.5      # install PostgreSQL 16 with a specific minor version

Beware the APT repo may only have the latest minor version for its software (and require the full version string)

Search Extension

You can perform fuzzy search on extension name, description, and category.

$ pig ext ls olap

found 13 extensions matching 'olap':
Name            State  Version  Cate  Flags   License       Repo     PGVer  Package                     Description
----            -----  -------  ----  ------  -------       ------   -----  ------------                ---------------------
citus           avail  13.2.0   OLAP  -dsl--  AGPL-3.0      PIGSTY   14-17  postgresql-17-citus         Distributed PostgreSQL as an extension
citus_columnar  avail  13.2.0   OLAP  -ds---  AGPL-3.0      PIGSTY   14-17  postgresql-17-citus         Citus columnar storage engine
columnar        n/a    1.1.2    OLAP  -ds---  AGPL-3.0      PIGSTY   13-16  postgresql-17-hydra         Hydra Columnar extension
pg_analytics    avail  0.3.7    OLAP  -ds-t-  PostgreSQL    PIGSTY   14-17  postgresql-17-pg-analytics  Postgres for analytics, powered by DuckDB
pg_duckdb       added  1.1.1    OLAP  -dsl--  MIT           PIGSTY   14-18  postgresql-17-pg-duckdb     DuckDB Embedded in Postgres
pg_mooncake     added  0.2.0    OLAP  -d----  MIT           PIGSTY   14-18  postgresql-17-pg-mooncake   Columnstore Table in Postgres
duckdb_fdw      avail  1.1.2    OLAP  -ds--r  MIT           PIGSTY   13-17  postgresql-17-duckdb-fdw    DuckDB Foreign Data Wrapper
pg_parquet      avail  0.5.1    OLAP  -dslt-  PostgreSQL    PIGSTY   14-18  postgresql-17-pg-parquet    copy data between Postgres and Parquet
pg_fkpart       avail  1.7.0    OLAP  -d----  GPL-2.0       PIGSTY   13-17  postgresql-17-pg-fkpart     Table partitioning by foreign key utility
pg_partman      avail  5.3.1    OLAP  -ds---  PostgreSQL    PGDG     13-18  postgresql-17-partman       Extension to manage partitioned tables by time or ID
plproxy         avail  2.11.0   OLAP  -ds---  BSD 0-Clause  PGDG     13-18  postgresql-17-plproxy       Database partitioning implemented as procedural language
pg_strom        n/a    6.0      OLAP  -ds--x  PostgreSQL             n/a                                PG-Strom - big-data processing acceleration using GPU and NVME
tablefunc       added  1.0      OLAP  -ds-tx  PostgreSQL    CONTRIB  13-18  postgresql-17               functions that manipulate whole tables, including crosstab

(13 Rows) (State: added|avail|n/a, Flags: b = HasBin, d = HasDDL, s = HasLib, l = NeedLoad, t = Trusted, r = Relocatable, x = Unknown)

You can use the -v 16 or -p /path/to/pg_config to find extension availability for other PostgreSQL installation.

Print Extension Summary

You can get extension metadata with pig ext info subcommand:

$ pig ext info pg_duckdb
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ pg_duckdb                                                                  │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ DuckDB Embedded in Postgres                                                │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Extension : pg_duckdb                                                      │
│ Package   : pg_duckdb                                                      │
│ Lead Ext  : pg_duckdb                                                      │
│ Category  : OLAP                                                           │
│ State     : available                                                      │
│ Version   : 1.1.1                                                          │
│ License   : MIT                                                            │
│ Website   : https://github.com/duckdb/pg_duckdb                            │
│ Details   : https://pgext.cloud/e/pg_duckdb                                │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Extension Properties                                                       │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ PostgreSQL Ver │  Available on: 18, 17, 16, 15, 14                         │
│ Contrib :  No  │  Lead Ext :  Yes │  Has Binary :  No                      │
│ CREATE  :  Yes │  CREATE EXTENSION pg_duckdb;                              │
│ DYLOAD  :  Yes │  SET shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_duckdb'               │
│ TRUST   :  No  │  require database superuser to install                    │
│ Reloc   :  No  │  Schemas: []                                              │
│ Depend  :  No  │                                                           │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Required By                                                                │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ - pg_mooncake                                                              │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ See Also                                                                   │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ pg_mooncake, duckdb_fdw, pg_analytics, columnar, citus, citus_columnar     │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ RPM Package                                                                │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Repository     │  PIGSTY                                                   │
│ Package        │  pg_duckdb_$v*                                            │
│ Version        │  1.1.1                                                    │
│ Availability   │  18, 17, 16, 15, 14                                       │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ DEB Package                                                                │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Repository     │  PIGSTY                                                   │
│ Package        │  postgresql-$v-pg-duckdb                                  │
│ Version        │  1.1.1                                                    │
│ Availability   │  18, 17, 16, 15, 14                                       │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Source: pg_duckdb-1.1.1.tar.gz                                             │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Additional Comments                                                        │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ conflict with duckdb_fdw                                                   │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

List Repo

You can list all available repo / module (repo collection) with pig repo list:

$ pig repo list

os_environment: {code: d13, arch: amd64, type: deb, major: 13}
repo_upstream:  # Available Repo: 15
  - { name: pigsty-local   ,description: 'Pigsty Local'       ,module: local    ,releases: [11,12,13,20,22,24] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'http://${admin_ip}/pigsty ./' }
  - { name: pigsty-pgsql   ,description: 'Pigsty PgSQL'       ,module: pgsql    ,releases: [11,12,13,20,22,24] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'https://repo.pigsty.io/apt/pgsql/${distro_codename} ${distro_codename} main' }
  - { name: pigsty-infra   ,description: 'Pigsty Infra'       ,module: infra    ,releases: [11,12,13,20,22,24] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'https://repo.pigsty.io/apt/infra/ generic main' }
  - { name: docker-ce      ,description: 'Docker'             ,module: infra    ,releases: [11,12,13,20,22,24] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'https://download.docker.com/linux/${distro_name} ${distro_codename} stable' }
  - { name: base           ,description: 'Debian Basic'       ,module: node     ,releases: [11,12,13         ] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'http://deb.debian.org/debian/ ${distro_codename} main non-free-firmware' }
  - { name: updates        ,description: 'Debian Updates'     ,module: node     ,releases: [11,12,13         ] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'http://deb.debian.org/debian/ ${distro_codename}-updates main non-free-firmware' }
  - { name: security       ,description: 'Debian Security'    ,module: node     ,releases: [11,12,13         ] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security ${distro_codename}-security main non-free-firmware' }
  - { name: pgdg           ,description: 'PGDG'               ,module: pgsql    ,releases: [11,12,13,22,24   ] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ ${distro_codename}-pgdg main' }
  - { name: pgdg-beta      ,description: 'PGDG Beta'          ,module: beta     ,releases: [11,12,13,22,24   ] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ ${distro_codename}-pgdg-testing main 19' }
  - { name: groonga        ,description: 'Groonga Debian'     ,module: groonga  ,releases: [11,12,13         ] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'https://packages.groonga.org/debian/ ${distro_codename} main' }
  - { name: grafana        ,description: 'Grafana'            ,module: grafana  ,releases: [11,12,13,20,22,24] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'https://apt.grafana.com stable main' }
  - { name: kubernetes     ,description: 'Kubernetes'         ,module: kube     ,releases: [11,12,13,20,22,24] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.33/deb/ /' }
  - { name: gitlab-ee      ,description: 'Gitlab EE'          ,module: gitlab   ,releases: [11,12,13,20,22,24] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ee/${distro_name}/ ${distro_codename} main' }
  - { name: gitlab-ce      ,description: 'Gitlab CE'          ,module: gitlab   ,releases: [11,12,13,20,22,24] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/${distro_name}/ ${distro_codename} main' }
  - { name: clickhouse     ,description: 'ClickHouse'         ,module: click    ,releases: [11,12,13,20,22,24] ,arch: [x86_64, aarch64]  ,baseurl: 'https://packages.clickhouse.com/deb/ stable main' }
repo_modules:   # Available Modules: 20
  - all       : pigsty-infra, pigsty-pgsql, pgdg, base, updates, extras, epel, centos-sclo, centos-sclo-rh, baseos, appstream, powertools, crb, security, backports
  - pigsty    : pigsty-infra, pigsty-pgsql
  - pgdg      : pgdg
  - node      : base, updates, extras, epel, centos-sclo, centos-sclo-rh, baseos, appstream, powertools, crb, security, backports
  - infra     : pigsty-infra, nginx, docker-ce
  - pgsql     : pigsty-pgsql, pgdg-common, pgdg-el8fix, pgdg-el9fix, pgdg13, pgdg14, pgdg15, pgdg16, pgdg17, pgdg18, pgdg
  - extra     : pgdg-extras, pgdg13-nonfree, pgdg14-nonfree, pgdg15-nonfree, pgdg16-nonfree, pgdg17-nonfree, timescaledb, citus
  - mssql     : wiltondb
  - mysql     : mysql
  - kube      : kubernetes
  - grafana   : grafana
  - beta      : pgdg19-beta, pgdg-beta
  - click     : clickhouse
  - gitlab    : gitlab-ee, gitlab-ce
  - groonga   : groonga
  - haproxy   : haproxyd, haproxyu
  - local     : pigsty-local
  - mongo     : mongo
  - percona   : percona
  - redis     : redis

Pigsty Management

The pig can also be used as a cli tool for Pigsty — the battery-include free PostgreSQL RDS. Which brings HA, PITR, Monitoring, IaC, and all the extensions to your PostgreSQL cluster.

pig sty init     # install pigsty to ~/pigsty 
pig sty boot     # install ansible and other pre-deps 
pig sty conf     # auto-generate pigsty.yml config file
pig sty install  # run the install.yml playbook

You can use the pig sty subcommand to bootstrap pigsty on current node.

Usage in Docker

The pig cli is intended to be used on standard linux environment, but you can also use it inside container:

FROM debian:13
USER root
WORKDIR /root/
CMD ["/bin/bash"]

RUN apt update && apt install -y ca-certificates curl && curl https://repo.pigsty.io/pig | bash
RUN pig repo set && pig install -y -v 18 pgsql pg_duckdb timescaledb postgis pgvector

Build Extension

You can even build rpm / deb directly with pig build subcommand:

You can prepare an extension building environment with docker & pig easily:

Building RPM/DEB with pig

FROM debian:13
USER root
WORKDIR /root/
CMD ["/bin/bash"]

RUN apt update && apt install -y ca-certificates vim ncdu wget curl rsync unzip && \
    curl https://repo.pigsty.io/pig | bash -s && pig repo add --remove && apt clean
RUN pig repo set && pig build tool && pig build spec && pig build rust && pig build pgrx -v 0.16.1

docker build -t d13:latest .
docker run --name=d13 -d -it d13:latest /bin/bash
docker exec -it d13 /bin/bash

Then building an extension such as timescaledb is as simple as:

$ pig build pkg timescaledb  # now you can build extension with pig!

Compatibility

pig runs on: RHEL 8/9/10, Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, and Debian 12/13 and compatible OS

Code	Distribution	`x86_64`	`aarch64`
el10	RHEL 10 / Rocky10 / Alma10 / ...	PG 18 - 13	PG 18 - 13
el9	RHEL 9 / Rocky9 / Alma9 / ...	PG 18 - 13	PG 18 - 13
el8	RHEL 8 / Rocky8 / Alma8 / ...	PG 18 - 13	PG 18 - 13
u24	Ubuntu 24.04 (`noble`)	PG 18 - 13	PG 18 - 13
u22	Ubuntu 22.04 (`jammy`)	PG 18 - 13	PG 18 - 13
d13	Debian 13 (`trixie`)	PG 18 - 13	PG 18 - 13
d12	Debian 12 (`bookworm`)	PG 18 - 13	PG 18 - 13

PIG - Postgres Install Genius

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