Which package to upgrade psql client?

Question

I have updated my Postgres install from 8.4 to 9.3.

Now when I log onto the server with the initial command

 sudo -u postgres psql template1

I get the following error

psql (8.4.18, server 9.3.5)
WARNING: psql version 8.4, server version 9.3.
         Some psql features might not work.
Type "help" for help.

What package do I need to install / upgrade to get psql to 9.4 version? (On red hat 6)

Solution 1

If you've installed the new server, the new clients are installed too - they're a dependency of the server.

Redhat systems now use an "alternatives" mechanism similar to Debian. You'll find that /usr/bin/psql is a symlink pointing to /etc/alternatives/pgsql-psql which is in turn a symlink to the default psql.

You can use the update-alternatives command to switch default clients - see its --help. Or you can just:

/usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/psql

directly.

Solution 2

Use whereis psql command to find out, where psql binary/symlink is located

Use the next command to rename psql binary (you could remove it later):

sudo mv /usr/bin/psql /usr/bin/psql.old

Then use the next command to create symlink for a current psql binary:

$ sudo update-alternatives --config pgsql-psql

There is 1 program that provides 'pgsql-psql'.

  Selection    Command
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1           /usr/pgsql-9.5/bin/psql

Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:

As a result:

-bash-4.2$ psql
psql (9.5.22)
Type "help" for help.

postgres=#

Comments

[Michael Hampton]

You forgot to explain exactly how you "updated" PostgreSQL.

[wobbily_col]

installed it via yum using the postgress repositories yum.postgresql.org