Re: Passwordcheck Extension Not Installing

On 2/8/25 11:28, Cihat Küçükbağrıaçık wrote:
> Hi Community,
> 
> I have a PostgreSQL 17.2 database running on Ubuntu 22.04. I'm trying to 
> install the |passwordcheck| extension, but I keep getting a "file not 
> found" error.
> 
> postgres=# create extension passwordcheck;
> ERROR:  extension "passwordcheck" is not available
> DETAIL:  Could not open extension control file 
> "/usr/share/postgresql/17/extension/passwordcheck.control": No such file 
> or directory.
> HINT:  The extension must first be installed on the system where 
> PostgreSQL is running.
> 
> 
> Even though I have installed the |postgresql-contrib| packages, I still 
> cannot see the extension. Below, I have listed the steps I followed. 
> Could you help me with this issue?

I don't see it in any of the contrib/ directories for 14-17 on Ubuntu 
22.04. Nor can I find it elsewhere in the packages.

You might try asking here:

https://www.postgresql.org/list/pgsql-pkg-debian/


> 
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/passwordcheck.html 
> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/passwordcheck.html>
> 
> resim.png
> 
> Regards.
> 
> 

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Adrian Klaver
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