Performing a minor version update of an RPM installation v15
If you used an RPM package to install EDB Postgres Advanced Server or its supporting components, you can use yum
to perform a minor version upgrade to a more recent version. To review a list of the package updates that are available for your system, open a command line, assume root privileges, and enter the command:
Where package_name
is the search term for which you want to search for updates. You can include wildcard values in the search term. To use yum update
to install an updated package, use the command:
Where package_name
is the name of the package you want to update. Include wildcard values in the update command to update multiple related packages with a single command. For example, use the following command to update all packages whose names include the expression edb
:
Note
The yum update
command performs an update only between minor releases. To update between major releases, use pg_upgrade
.
For more information about using yum
commands and options, enter yum --help
at the command line.
Important
If upgrading to version 15.4 or later, run edb_sqlpatch
.
The command might respond that it has a number of patches needing to be applied, for example:
In this case, you need to run edb_sqlpatch to patch the system catalog:
For more information about using edb_sqlpatch commands and options, see edb_sqlpatch.