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[GENERAL] How to find out extension directory

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rakeshkumar464
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I am documenting on automating installation of pgaudit extension for
containers.  On my laptop I see that the directory where the files
pgaudit.control and pgaudit--1.2.sql needs to be present is

/usr/share/postgresql/10/extension.

How do I know beforehand where the dir path is ?




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Re: [GENERAL] How to find out extension directory

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Melvin Davidson
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:12 PM, rakeshkumar464 <rakeshkumar464@outlook.com> wrote:
I am documenting on automating installation of pgaudit extension for
containers.  On my laptop I see that the directory where the files
pgaudit.control and pgaudit--1.2.sql needs to be present is

/usr/share/postgresql/10/extension.

How do I know beforehand where the dir path is ?




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> How do I know beforehand where the dir path is ?

That would depend on the O/S, but it is not really necessary to know the path, as PostgreSQL will know it.
Simply establish a connection to the database you want to create the extension in and do
CREATE EXTENSION extention_name;
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/sql-createextension.html

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Re: [GENERAL] How to find out extension directory

From
"David G. Johnston"
Date:
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:12 PM, rakeshkumar464 <rakeshkumar464@outlook.com> wrote:
I am documenting on automating installation of pgaudit extension for
containers.  On my laptop I see that the directory where the files
pgaudit.control and pgaudit--1.2.sql needs to be present is

/usr/share/postgresql/10/extension.

How do I know beforehand where the dir path is ?

I think pg_config ( https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pgconfig.html ) is what you are looking for.

David J.

Re: [GENERAL] How to find out extension directory

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:12 PM, rakeshkumar464 <rakeshkumar464@outlook.com>
> wrote:
>> How do I know beforehand where the dir path is ?

> I think pg_config (
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pgconfig.html ) is what
> you are looking for.

specifically, you can assume it's the "extension" subdirectory of
whatever SHAREDIR is.  "pg_config --sharedir" will tell you that.
        regards, tom lane


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Re: [GENERAL] How to find out extension directory

From
Joe Conway
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On 10/20/2017 02:10 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 1:12 PM, rakeshkumar464 <rakeshkumar464@outlook.com>
>> wrote:
>>> How do I know beforehand where the dir path is ?
>
>> I think pg_config (
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pgconfig.html ) is what
>> you are looking for.
>
> specifically, you can assume it's the "extension" subdirectory of
> whatever SHAREDIR is.  "pg_config --sharedir" will tell you that.

And starting with pg 9.6 you can also do:

test=# select * from pg_config where name = 'SHAREDIR';  name   |               setting
----------+--------------------------------------SHAREDIR | /usr/local/pgsql-REL_10_STABLE/share
(1 row)


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