pg_squeeze

Overview

PGDG 1st Party Extension: pg_squeeze : A tool to remove unused space from a relation.

Information

• Extension ID: 5020
• Extension Name: pg_squeeze
• Package Name: pg_squeeze
• Category: ADMIN
• License: BSD 2
• Website: https://github.com/cybertec-postgresql/pg_squeeze
• Language: C
• Extra Tags: N/A
• Comment: N/A

Metadata

• Latest Version: 1.8.0
• Postgres Support: 17,16,15,14,13
• Need Load: Explicit Loading Required
• Need DDL: Need CREATE EXTENSION DDL
• Relocatable: Can be installed into other schemas
• Trusted: Untrusted, Require Superuser to Create
• Schemas: squeeze
• Requires: N/A

RPM / DEB

• RPM Repo: PGDG
• RPM Name: pg_squeeze_$v*
• RPM Ver : 1.8.0
• RPM Deps: N/A
• DEB Repo: PGDG
• DEB Name: postgresql-$v-squeeze
• DEB Ver : 1.8.0
• DEB Deps: N/A

Availability

Installation

Install pg_squeeze via the pig CLI tool:

pig ext install pg_squeeze

Install pg_squeeze via Pigsty playbook:

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

Install pg_squeeze RPM from YUM repo directly:

dnf install pg_squeeze_17*;
dnf install pg_squeeze_16*;
dnf install pg_squeeze_15*;
dnf install pg_squeeze_14*;
dnf install pg_squeeze_13*;

Install pg_squeeze DEB from APT repo directly:

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

Extension pg_squeeze has to be loaded via shared_preload_libraries

shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_squeeze'; # add to pg cluster config

Create pg_squeeze extension on PostgreSQL cluster:

CREATE EXTENSION pg_squeeze;