vector

vector data type and ivfflat and hnsw access methods

Overview

PGDG 1st Party Extension: pgvector : vector data type and ivfflat and hnsw access methods

Information

Metadata

  • Latest Version: 0.8.0
  • Postgres Support: 17,16,15,14,13
  • Need Load: Shared library do not need explicit loading
  • Need DDL: Need CREATE EXTENSION DDL
  • Relocatable: Can not install to arbitrary schema
  • Trusted: Untrusted, Require Superuser to Create
  • Schemas: N/A
  • Requires: N/A

RPM / DEB

  • RPM Repo: PGDG
  • RPM Name: pgvector_$v*
  • RPM Ver : 0.8.0
  • RPM Deps: N/A
  • DEB Repo: PGDG
  • DEB Name: postgresql-$v-pgvector
  • DEB Ver : 0.8.0
  • DEB Deps: N/A

Packages

OS Arch PG17 PG16 PG15 PG14 PG13
el8 x86_64 pgvector_17
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_16
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_15
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_14
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_13
PGDG 0.8.0
el8 aarch64 pgvector_17
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_16
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_15
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_14
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_13
PGDG 0.8.0
el9 x86_64 pgvector_17
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_16
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_15
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_14
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_13
PGDG 0.8.0
el9 aarch64 pgvector_17
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_16
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_15
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_14
PGDG 0.8.0
pgvector_13
PGDG 0.8.0
d12 x86_64 postgresql-17-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-16-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-15-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-14-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-13-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
d12 aarch64 postgresql-17-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-16-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-15-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-14-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-13-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
u22 x86_64 postgresql-17-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-16-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-15-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-14-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-13-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
u22 aarch64 postgresql-17-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-16-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-15-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-14-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-13-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
u24 x86_64 postgresql-17-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-16-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-15-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-14-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-13-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
u24 aarch64 postgresql-17-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-16-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-15-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-14-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0
postgresql-13-pgvector
PGDG 0.8.0

Installation

Install vector via the pig CLI tool:


pig ext install pgvector; # Extension Namepig ext install vector; # normalized package name

Install pgvector via Pigsty playbook:

./pgsql.yml -t pg_extension -e '{"pg_extensions": ["pgvector"]}' # -l <cls>

Install pgvector RPM from YUM repo directly:

dnf install pgvector_17*;
dnf install pgvector_16*;
dnf install pgvector_15*;
dnf install pgvector_14*;
dnf install pgvector_13*;

Install pgvector DEB from APT repo directly:

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

Enable vector extension on PostgreSQL cluster:

CREATE EXTENSION vector;




Last modified 2025-02-17: add extension part (cfa504b)