Hi,
I just wanted to activate the yum repo on some centos box, but failed.
Here's what happened:
* go to yum.postgresql.org
* look for the "repo packages" link that used to be there all the
years
* find the version number links under "AVAILABLE POSTGRESQL RELEASES"
* click on 13
* click on RHEL/CentOS 8 - x86_64
* realize that this is the package listing, go back to the main page
* find the "Repo RPMs" item in the top menu bar
* copy the CentOS 8 - x86_64 link
* yum install https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-8-x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm
* try to install postgresql13-server
* try to install postgresql13
* run yum search postgresql and realize that there are tons of
extension packages available, but not any server packages
* try to edit /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo, but all repos are
already enabled including the "common" on
* give up and install "postgresql-server" from Centos (which is
version 10)
So: while I think I did everything correctly, the single most
important command in that chain is "dnf -qy module disable postgresql",
but it isn't mentioned anywhere. It is only reachable via this click
path:
* click on "Yum Howto" in the top menu bar
* read a length text
* click on "Download" (while I don't want to download anything at this
point, I just want to enable a repository)
* scroll down
* click on "Centos 8"
* copy commands from textbox.
To fix that, I would suggest some improvements:
* On the yum.pg.o front page, move the paragraph with instructions to
the top (don't hide it below the "common" announcement)
* Get rid of the /howto page and put the single paragraph it contains
right on the front page
* When linking to the Download pages, label it as "installation
instructions"
* Put a prominent note somewhere that the SCL postgresql module needs
to be disabled (this is the part I was missing, and I guess most
users who have used yum.pg.o before will be very surprised by that
step.)
* On the front page, label the links to the packages listings as such
(the current heading "AVAILABLE POSTGRESQL RELEASES" is misleading)
* On the /repopackages page, include the "module disable" note, like
the "common" note that is already there
* Include the Instructions link in the QUICK LINKS bar on the left
Thanks,
Christoph
