Re: postgresql-17 on debian bookworm - directories missing

On Thu, 2025-11-20 at 12:35 +0100, Hu Bert wrote:
> Hi there,
> i have a debian bookworm with postgresql-16 installed, from
> postgresql
> repository. I wanted to install postgresql-17 and then do a an
> inplace
> upgrade via pg_upgrade.
>
> Install: apt install postgresql-17 postgresql-17-postgis-3
> postgresql-17-postgis-3-scripts postgresql-client-17
>
> But after the installation there's no v17 cluster:
>
> pg_lsclusters
> Ver Cluster Port Status Owner    Data directory              Log file
> 16  main    5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/16/main
> /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-16-main.log
>
> and these directories are missing:
> /etc/postgresql/17/
> /var/lib/postgresql/17/
>
> Same happens when i try to install postgresql-18.
>
> Am i doing smth wrong? Did i miss anything?
>
>
> Thx,
> Hubert
>


The binaries are at /usr/lib/postgresql/17 where the number 17
indicates the major version.

HTH
Rob