uuid-ossp

generate universally unique identifiers (UUIDs)

Overview

CONTRIB Built-in Extension: uuid-ossp : generate universally unique identifiers (UUIDs)

Information

Metadata

  • Latest Version: 1.1
  • Postgres Support: 17,16,15,14,13
  • Need Load: Shared library do not need explicit loading
  • Need DDL: Need CREATE EXTENSION DDL
  • Relocatable: Unknown
  • Trusted: Trusted, Can be created by user with CREATE Privilege
  • Schemas: N/A
  • Requires: N/A

RPM / DEB

PostgreSQL Built-in Contrib Extension


Packages

OS Arch PG17 PG16 PG15 PG14 PG13
el8 x86_64
el8 aarch64
el9 x86_64
el9 aarch64
d12 x86_64
d12 aarch64
u22 x86_64
u22 aarch64
u24 x86_64
u24 aarch64

Installation

Extension uuid-ossp is PostgreSQL Built-in Contrib Extension which is installed along with the kernel/contrib.

Install uuid-ossp RPM from YUM repo directly:

dnf install postgresql17-contrib;
dnf install postgresql16-contrib;
dnf install postgresql15-contrib;
dnf install postgresql14-contrib;
dnf install postgresql13-contrib;

Install uuid-ossp DEB from APT repo directly:

apt install postgresql-17;
apt install postgresql-16;
apt install postgresql-15;
apt install postgresql-14;
apt install postgresql-13;

Enable uuid-ossp extension on PostgreSQL cluster:

CREATE EXTENSION "uuid-ossp";