Install on Ubuntu

This document describes how to install PGroonga on Ubuntu.

Supported versions

Here are supported Ubuntu versions:

How to install for system PostgreSQL

You can use the following instruction to install PGroonga for system PostgreSQL on Ubuntu.

If you're using Ubuntu 22.04, install postgresql-14-pgroonga package:

If you're using Ubuntu 24.04, install postgresql-16-pgroonga package:

$ sudo apt install -y software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository -y universe
$ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:groonga/ppa
$ sudo apt update
Ubuntu 22.04:
$ sudo apt install -y -V postgresql-14-pgroonga
Ubuntu 24.04:
$ sudo apt install -y -V postgresql-16-pgroonga

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

$ sudo apt install -y -V groonga-tokenizer-mecab

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 for the official PostgreSQL

You can use the following instruction to install PGroonga for the PostgreSQL packages provided by the PostgreSQL Global Development Group on Ubuntu.

$ sudo apt install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget
$ wget https://packages.groonga.org/ubuntu/groonga-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb
$ sudo apt install -y -V ./groonga-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb
$ sudo wget -O /usr/share/keyrings/pgdg.asc https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc
$ (echo "Types: deb"; \
   echo "URIs: http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt"; \
   echo "Suites: $(lsb_release --codename --short)-pgdg"; \
   echo "Components: main"; \
   echo "Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/pgdg.asc") | \
    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.sources
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install -y -V postgresql-18-pgdg-pgroonga

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

$ sudo apt install -y -V groonga-tokenizer-mecab

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.