Install on AlmaLinux

This document describes how to install PGroonga on AlmaLinux.

Supported versions

Here are supported AlmaLinux versions:

How to install on AlmaLinux 9

You can use the following instruction to install PGroonga on AlmaLinux 9.

Install postgresql17-pgdg-pgroonga package:

$ sudo -H dnf install -y epel-release || sudo -H dnf install -y oracle-epel-release-el$(cut -d: -f5 /etc/system-release-cpe | cut -d. -f1) || sudo -H dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-$(cut -d: -f5 /etc/system-release-cpe | cut -d. -f1).noarch.rpm
$ sudo -H dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb || :
$ sudo -H dnf install -y https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-$(cut -d: -f5 /etc/system-release-cpe | cut -d. -f1)-$(arch)/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm
$ sudo dnf install -y https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/almalinux/$(cut -d: -f5 /etc/system-release-cpe | cut -d. -f1)/apache-arrow-release-latest.rpm
$ sudo -H dnf install -y https://packages.groonga.org/almalinux/$(cut -d: -f5 /etc/system-release-cpe | cut -d. -f1)/groonga-release-latest.noarch.rpm
$ sudo -H dnf install -y postgresql17-pgdg-pgroonga

If you want to use MeCab based tokenizer, you also need to install groonga-tokenizer-mecab package:

$ sudo -H dnf install -y groonga-tokenizer-mecab

Run PostgreSQL:

$ sudo -H /usr/pgsql-17/bin/postgresql-17-setup initdb
$ sudo -H systemctl enable --now postgresql-17

Create a database:

$ sudo -u postgres -H psql --command 'CREATE DATABASE pgroonga_test'

(Normally, you should create a user for pgroonga_test database and use the user. See GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA pgroonga for details.)

Connect to the created database and execute CREATE EXTENSION pgroonga:

$ sudo -u postgres -H psql -d pgroonga_test --command 'CREATE EXTENSION pgroonga'

That's all!

Try tutorial. You can understand more about PGroonga.

How to install on AlmaLinux 8

You can use the following instruction to install PGroonga on AlmaLinux 8.

Install postgresql17-pgdg-pgroonga package:

$ sudo -H dnf module -y disable postgresql
$ sudo -H dnf install -y epel-release || sudo -H dnf install -y oracle-epel-release-el$(cut -d: -f5 /etc/system-release-cpe | cut -d. -f1) || sudo -H dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-$(cut -d: -f5 /etc/system-release-cpe | cut -d. -f1).noarch.rpm
$ sudo -H dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools || :
$ sudo -H dnf install -y https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-$(cut -d: -f5 /etc/system-release-cpe | cut -d. -f1)-$(arch)/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm
$ sudo -H dnf install -y https://packages.groonga.org/almalinux/$(cut -d: -f5 /etc/system-release-cpe | cut -d. -f1)/groonga-release-latest.noarch.rpm
$ sudo -H dnf install -y postgresql17-pgdg-pgroonga

If you want to use MeCab based tokenizer, you also need to install groonga-tokenizer-mecab package:

$ sudo -H dnf install -y groonga-tokenizer-mecab

Run PostgreSQL:

$ sudo -H /usr/pgsql-17/bin/postgresql-17-setup initdb
$ sudo -H systemctl enable --now postgresql-17

Create a database:

$ sudo -u postgres -H psql --command 'CREATE DATABASE pgroonga_test'

(Normally, you should create a user for pgroonga_test database and use the user. See GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA pgroonga for details.)

Connect to the created database and execute CREATE EXTENSION pgroonga:

$ sudo -u postgres -H psql -d pgroonga_test --command 'CREATE EXTENSION pgroonga'

That's all!

Try tutorial. You can understand more about PGroonga.