pgcrypto

Overview

CONTRIB Built-in Extension: pgcrypto : cryptographic functions

Information

• Extension ID: 7980
• Extension Name: pgcrypto
• Package Name: None
• Category: SEC
• License: PostgreSQL
• Website: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/pgcrypto.html
• Language: C
• Extra Tags: N/A
• Comment: N/A

Metadata

• Latest Version: 1.3
• 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

Installation

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

Install pgcrypto 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 pgcrypto 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 pgcrypto extension on PostgreSQL cluster：

CREATE EXTENSION pgcrypto;