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Downloads:

260,961

Downloads of v 17.4.0:

11,084

Last Update:

21 Feb 2025

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • PostgreSQL Global Development Group

Tags:

PostgreSQL

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17.4.0 | Updated: 21 Feb 2025

Downloads:

260,961

Downloads of v 17.4.0:

11,084

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • PostgreSQL Global Development Group

PostgreSQL 17.4.0

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. The inclusion of PostgreSQL Global Development Group trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify PostgreSQL Global Development Group goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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This Package Contains an Exempted Check

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Exemption:

Depends on vcredist140 which requires reboot

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install PostgreSQL, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade PostgreSQL, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall PostgreSQL, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade postgresql -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade postgresql -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install postgresql
  win_chocolatey:
    name: postgresql
    version: '17.4.0'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'postgresql' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '17.4.0'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller postgresql
{
    Name     = "postgresql"
    Version  = "17.4.0"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'postgresql':
  ensure   => '17.4.0',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 24 Feb 2025.

Description

PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) based on POSTGRE, developed at the University of California at Berkeley Computer Science Department. POSTGRES pioneered many concepts that only became available in some commercial database systems much later.

PostgreSQL can be used, modified, and distributed by anyone free of charge for any purpose, be it private, commercial, or academic.

Features

Package parameters

  • /AllowRemote - Allow remote connections with username and password from all hosts by adding appropriate lines in the pg_hba.conf
  • /Password - Password to be assigned to the postgres user. If omitted, it will be generated and shown in the install output. PostgreSql installer ignores this parameter if there is existing installation.
  • /Port - Server port, if not set it defaults to 5432 or the first available port after it.
  • /NoPath - Do not add PostgreSql bin directory to the PATH.

Other parameters could be set via --ia argument, for example, to set custom components:

choco install postgresql13 --params '/Password:test /Port:5433' --ia '--enable-components server,commandlinetools'

Check all installer options by adding --help as command line argument.

Notes

  • Test installation (specify your password):
    $Env:PGPASSWORD='test'; '\conninfo' | psql -Upostgres
    This should output:
    You are connected to database "postgres" as user "postgres" on host "localhost" at port "5432"
  • This package will install PostgreSQL to $Env:ProgramFiles\PostgreSQL\[MajorVersion].
  • If you have problems during installation see troubleshooting page.
  • If you didn't specify password during setup and didn't record the generated one, you need manually reset it using the following steps:
    • Open file data\pg_hba.conf in PostgreSql installation directory
    • Change METHOD to trust and restart service with Restart-Service postgresql*
    • Execute "alter user postgres with password '[my password]';" | psql -Upostgres
    • Revert back data\pg_hba.conf to METHOD md5 and restart service
  • If you have trouble selecting specific install components see this issue

Virtual package

Each major version has its own package: postgresql<Version>

Virtual package postgresql also contains all versions that depend on adequate major version, but using it without problems require some special choco parameters.

To propagate package parameters to dependencies use --params-global choco install parameter with virtual package postgresql. Assuming latest version is 12, to provide password the following two examples result in identical installation:

choco install postgresql --params '/Password:test' --params-global
choco install postgresql12 --params '/Password:test'

To uninstall dependent package use --force-dependencies:

# The following two examples are identical
choco uninstall postgresql --force-dependencies
choco uninstall postgresql12 postgresql

# This example uninstalls only postgresql virtual package and not postgresql12
choco uninstall postgresql

To force reinstallation via virtual package use --force-dependencies:

# The following two examples are identical
choco install postgresql --force --force-dependencies
choco install postgresql12 --force --force-dependencies

# This will reinstall only postgresql virtual package and not its dependency postgresql12
choco install postgresql -force

# This one is different then the first one as vcredist140 dependency is not reinstalled
choco install postgresql12 --force

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PostgreSQL 17.3.0 942 Friday, February 14, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 17.2.0 6345 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 17.1.0 381 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 17.0.0 2355 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.8.0 57 Friday, February 21, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.7.0 30 Friday, February 14, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.6.0 78 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.5.0 49 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.4.0 2987 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.1.0 16426 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.0.0 4376 Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.12.0 73 Friday, February 21, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.11.0 20 Friday, February 14, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.10.0 41 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.9.0 33 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.8.0 59 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.5.0 219 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.4 1885 Friday, August 11, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.0.1 11193 Thursday, October 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.17.0 30 Friday, February 21, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.16.0 24 Friday, February 14, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.15.0 69 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.14.0 37 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.13.0 68 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.10.0 124 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.9 81 Friday, August 11, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.8 104 Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.7 79 Sunday, February 12, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.6.2 90 Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.5.1 7644 Friday, August 12, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.4.1 4575 Friday, June 17, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.3.1 3227 Friday, May 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.2.2 2544 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.2.1 6380 Thursday, February 10, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.1.1 7890 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.0.1 3977 Friday, October 1, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.20.0 26 Friday, February 21, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.19.0 17 Friday, February 14, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.18.0 33 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.17.0 33 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.16.0 54 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.13.0 91 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.12 91 Friday, August 11, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.11 91 Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.10 138 Sunday, February 12, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.9.3 80 Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.9.1 261 Friday, November 11, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.8.1 87 Friday, August 12, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.7.1 129 Friday, May 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.6.2 103 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.6.1 1983 Thursday, February 10, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.5.1 180 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.4.2 737 Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.4.1 3882 Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.3.2 6340 Thursday, May 20, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.3.1 792 Friday, May 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.2.2 2616 Friday, April 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.2.1 4141 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.1.1 5387 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.0.1 3756 Friday, September 25, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.0-beta3 397 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.22.0 34 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.21.0 30 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.20.0 44 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.17.0 79 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.16 88 Friday, August 11, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.15 89 Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.14 92 Sunday, February 12, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.13.1 112 Friday, November 11, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.12.1 102 Friday, August 12, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.11.1 114 Friday, May 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.10.2 112 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.10.1 123 Thursday, February 10, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.9.1 182 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.8.2 139 Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.8.1 141 Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.7.2 190 Thursday, May 20, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.7.1 129 Friday, May 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.6.3 173 Saturday, May 1, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.6.2 145 Friday, April 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.6.1 175 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.5.1 206 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.4.1 2913 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.3 6448 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.2 5789 Friday, February 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.1 4666 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.0 3808 Friday, October 4, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.22.0 89 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.21 78 Friday, August 11, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.20 82 Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.19 108 Sunday, February 12, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.18.1 99 Friday, November 11, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.17.1 91 Friday, August 12, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.16.1 102 Friday, May 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.15.2 97 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.15.1 136 Thursday, February 10, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.14.1 123 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.13.2 160 Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.13.1 186 Saturday, August 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.12.2 149 Thursday, May 20, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.12.1 121 Friday, May 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.11.3 151 Thursday, April 29, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.11.2 137 Friday, April 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.11.1 168 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.10.2 159 Saturday, January 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.10.1 213 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.9.1 1201 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.8.2 175 Thursday, August 13, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.8 226 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.7 294 Friday, February 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.6 308 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.5 473 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.23.1 101 Friday, November 11, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.22.1 107 Friday, August 12, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.21.1 104 Friday, May 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.20.2 101 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.20.1 106 Thursday, February 10, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.19.1 166 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.18.2 145 Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.18.1 128 Friday, August 13, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.17.2 158 Friday, May 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.17.1 142 Friday, May 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.16.2 173 Friday, April 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.16.1 149 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.15.1 188 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.14.1 212 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.13.2 173 Thursday, August 13, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.13 203 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.12 338 Friday, February 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.11 245 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.10 490 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.6.0.20190131 9716 Friday, February 1, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.6 3074 Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.4.0.20181106 2011 Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.4.0.0 4232 Friday, June 8, 2018 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.24.1 112 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.23.2 119 Sunday, September 26, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.23.1 94 Sunday, August 15, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.22.2 111 Friday, May 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.22.1 133 Friday, May 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.21.2 133 Friday, April 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.21.1 129 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.20.1 164 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.19.1 174 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.18.2 182 Thursday, August 13, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.18 202 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.17 264 Friday, February 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.16 309 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.15 337 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.8 2566 Friday, April 27, 2018 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.25.1 1324 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.24.1 175 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.23.1 195 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.22 179 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.21 297 Friday, February 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.20 267 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.19 257 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.4.26 360 Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.4.25 545 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.4.24 300 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.3.25 90 Sunday, February 12, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.2.1 57201 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.2.0 1799 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.1.5 674 Sunday, August 19, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.1.4 665 Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.1.3 1193 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.1.2 693 Saturday, December 17, 2011 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.1.1 652 Sunday, November 13, 2011 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.4.14 751 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.4.13 723 Sunday, August 19, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.4.12 575 Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.3.18 674 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.3.17 629 Saturday, December 17, 2011 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.3.16 644 Sunday, November 20, 2011 Approved
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