vector

Overview

PGDG 1st Party Extension: pgvector : vector data type and ivfflat and hnsw access methods

Information

• Extension ID: 1800
• Extension Name: vector
• Package Name: pgvector
• Category: RAG
• License: PostgreSQL
• Website: https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector
• Language: C
• Extra Tags: N/A
• Comment: N/A

Metadata

• Latest Version: 0.8.0
• Postgres Support: 17,16,15,14,13
• Need Load: Shared library do not need explicit loading
• Need DDL: Need CREATE EXTENSION DDL
• Relocatable: Can not install to arbitrary schema
• Trusted: Untrusted, Require Superuser to Create
• Schemas: N/A
• Requires: N/A

RPM / DEB

• RPM Repo: PGDG
• RPM Name: pgvector_$v*
• RPM Ver : 0.8.0
• RPM Deps: N/A
• DEB Repo: PGDG
• DEB Name: postgresql-$v-pgvector
• DEB Ver : 0.8.0
• DEB Deps: N/A

Availability

Installation

Install vector via the pig CLI tool:

pig ext install pgvector; 	# Extension Name
pig ext install vector; 	# normalized package name

Install pgvector via Pigsty playbook:

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

Install pgvector RPM from YUM repo directly:

dnf install pgvector_17*;
dnf install pgvector_16*;
dnf install pgvector_15*;
dnf install pgvector_14*;
dnf install pgvector_13*;

Install pgvector DEB from APT repo directly:

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

Create vector extension on PostgreSQL cluster:

CREATE EXTENSION vector;