pg_repack

Overview

PGDG 1st Party Extension: pg_repack : Reorganize tables in PostgreSQL databases with minimal locks

Information

• Extension ID: 5010
• Extension Name: pg_repack
• Package Name: pg_repack
• Category: ADMIN
• License: BSD 3
• Website: https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack
• Language: C
• Extra Tags: N/A
• Comment: N/A

Metadata

• Latest Version: 1.5.2
• Postgres Support: 17,16,15,14,13
• Need Load: Shared library do not need explicit loading
• Need DDL: Need CREATE EXTENSION DDL
• Relocatable: Can be installed into other schemas
• Trusted: Untrusted, Require Superuser to Create
• Schemas: N/A
• Requires: N/A

RPM / DEB

• RPM Repo: PGDG
• RPM Name: pg_repack_$v*
• RPM Ver : 1.5.2
• RPM Deps: N/A
• DEB Repo: PGDG
• DEB Name: postgresql-$v-repack
• DEB Ver : 1.5.2
• DEB Deps: N/A

Availability

Installation

Install pg_repack via the pig CLI tool:

pig ext install pg_repack

Install pg_repack via Pigsty playbook:

./pgsql.yml -t pg_extension -e '{"pg_extensions": ["pg_repack"]}' # -l <cls>

Install pg_repack RPM from YUM repo directly:

dnf install pg_repack_17*;
dnf install pg_repack_16*;
dnf install pg_repack_15*;
dnf install pg_repack_14*;
dnf install pg_repack_13*;

Install pg_repack DEB from APT repo directly:

apt install postgresql-17-repack;
apt install postgresql-16-repack;
apt install postgresql-15-repack;
apt install postgresql-14-repack;
apt install postgresql-13-repack;

Create pg_repack extension on PostgreSQL cluster:

CREATE EXTENSION pg_repack;