postgresql-server

a PostgreSQL server

postgresql-upgrade

previous major release of PostgreSQL

postgresql-client-common

manager for multiple PostgreSQL client versions

The postgresql-client-common package provides a structure under which multiple versions of PostgreSQL client programs may be installed at the same time. It provides a wrapper which selects the right version for the particular cluster you want to access (with a command line option, an environment variable, /etc/postgresql-common/user_clusters, or ~/.postgresqlrc). PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed to be extensible by users in many aspects. Its features include ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers, outer joins, multiversion concurrency control, and user-defined types and functions.

postgresql-client-11

front-end programs for PostgreSQL 11

This package contains client and administrative programs for PostgreSQL: these are the interactive terminal client psql and programs for creating and removing users and databases. This is the client package for PostgreSQL 11. If you install PostgreSQL 11 on a standalone machine, you need the server package postgresql-11, too. On a network, you can install this package on many client machines, while the server package may be installed on only one machine. PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system.

postgresql-client-9.4

front-end programs for PostgreSQL 9.4

This package contains client and administrative programs for PostgreSQL: these are the interactive terminal client psql and programs for creating and removing users and databases. This is the client package for PostgreSQL 9.4. If you install PostgreSQL 9.4 on a standalone machine, you need the server package postgresql-9.4, too. On a network, you can install this package on many client machines, while the server package may be installed on only one machine. PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system.

postgresql-client-9.6

front-end programs for PostgreSQL 9.6

This package contains client and administrative programs for PostgreSQL: these are the interactive terminal client psql and programs for creating and removing users and databases. This is the client package for PostgreSQL 9.6. If you install PostgreSQL 9.6 on a standalone machine, you need the server package postgresql-9.6, too. On a network, you can install this package on many client machines, while the server package may be installed on only one machine. PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system.

postgresql-client-9.5

front-end programs for PostgreSQL 9.5

This package contains client and administrative programs for PostgreSQL: these are the interactive terminal client psql and programs for creating and removing users and databases. This is the client package for PostgreSQL 9.5. If you install PostgreSQL 9.5 on a standalone machine, you need the server package postgresql-9.5, too. On a network, you can install this package on many client machines, while the server package may be installed on only one machine. PostgreSQL is an object-relational SQL database management system.

postgresql-client-10

front-end programs for PostgreSQL 10

postgresql

object-relational SQL database (supported version)

This metapackage always depends on the currently supported PostgreSQL database server version. PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed to be extensible by users in many aspects. Some of the features are: ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions, outer joins, multiversion concurrency control. Graphical user interfaces and bindings for many programming languages are available as well.

postgresql-old-upgrade

PostgreSQL build for migrating between major versions with pg_upgrade