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Subject: Re: postgresql-17 on debian bookworm - directories missing
From: rob stone <floriparob@tpg.com.au>
To: Hu Bert <revirii@googlemail.com>, pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:26:29 +1100
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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.
>=20
> Install: apt install postgresql-17 postgresql-17-postgis-3
> postgresql-17-postgis-3-scripts postgresql-client-17
>=20
> But after the installation there's no v17 cluster:
>=20
> pg_lsclusters
> Ver Cluster Port Status Owner=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Data directory=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Log f=
ile
> 16=C2=A0 main=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/=
16/main
> /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-16-main.log
>=20
> and these directories are missing:
> /etc/postgresql/17/
> /var/lib/postgresql/17/
>=20
> Same happens when i try to install postgresql-18.
>=20
> Am i doing smth wrong? Did i miss anything?
>=20
>=20
> Thx,
> Hubert
>=20


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

HTH
Rob