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#!/bin/sh
# script to add apt.postgresql.org to sources.list
# Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Christoph Berg <[email protected]>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# The full text of the GPL is distributed as in
# /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 on Debian systems.
SOURCESLIST="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list"
DEB_SRC="#deb-src"
COMPONENTS="main"
PGDG="pgdg"
while getopts "c:f:ipstv:y" opt ; do
case $opt in
c) COMPONENTS="main $OPTARG" ;; # make these extra components available
f) SOURCESLIST=$OPTARG ;; # sources.list filename to write to
i) INSTALL="yes" ;; # install packages for version given with -v
p) PURGE="yes" ;; # purge existing postgresql packages
s) DEB_SRC="deb-src" ;; # include source repository as well
t) PGDG="pgdg-testing" ;; # use *-pgdg or *-pgdg-testing
v) VERSION="$OPTARG" ;; # set up sources.list to use this version (useful for beta/devel packages)
y) ;; # don't ask for confirmation
*) exit 5 ;;
esac
YES="yes" # don't ask for confirmation if any option is given
done
# shift away args
shift $((OPTIND - 1))
# check options
if [ "$INSTALL" ] && [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
echo "With -i, a version to install must be provided (-v)"
exit 1
fi
# codename from command line
CODENAME="$1"
# lsb_release is the best interface, but not always available
if [ -z "$CODENAME" ]; then
CODENAME=$(lsb_release -cs 2>/dev/null)
fi
# parse os-release
if [ -z "$CODENAME" -a -f /etc/os-release ]; then
. /etc/os-release
if [ "$VERSION_CODENAME" ]; then # added in buster/xenial
CODENAME="$VERSION_CODENAME"
else
# Debian: VERSION="7.0 (wheezy)"
# Ubuntu: VERSION="13.04, Raring Ringtail"
# VERSION="18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
CODENAME=$(echo $VERSION | sed -ne 's/.*(\(.*\)).*/\1/') # works on Debian only
fi
fi
# guess from sources.list
if [ -z "$CODENAME" ]; then
CODENAME=$(grep '^deb ' /etc/apt/sources.list | head -n1 | awk '{ print $3 }')
fi
# complain if no result yet
if [ -z "$CODENAME" ]; then
cat <<EOF
Could not determine the distribution codename. Please report this as a bug to
[email protected]. As a workaround, you can call this script with
the proper codename as parameter, e.g. "$0 squeeze".
EOF
exit 1
fi
# errors are non-fatal above
set -e
# handle -v VERSION
case $VERSION in # FIXME: this shouldn't be hard-coded in here
# devel version comes from *-pgdg-testing (with lower default apt pinning priority)
13) PGDG="pgdg-testing"
COMPONENTS="main $VERSION"
PIN="-t $CODENAME-$PGDG" ;;
# beta version just needs a different component
12) COMPONENTS="main $VERSION" ;;
esac
cat <<EOF
This script will enable the PostgreSQL APT repository on apt.postgresql.org on
your system. The distribution codename used will be $CODENAME-$PGDG.
EOF
case $CODENAME in
# known distributions
sid|bullseye|buster|stretch|jessie|wheezy|squeeze|lenny|etch) ;;
focal|eoan|disco|cosmic|bionic|zesty|xenial|wily|trusty|precise|lucid) ;;
*) # unknown distribution, verify on the web
DISTURL="http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/dists/"
if [ -x /usr/bin/curl ]; then
DISTHTML=$(curl -s $DISTURL)
elif [ -x /usr/bin/wget ]; then
DISTHTML=$(wget --quiet -O - $DISTURL)
fi
if [ "$DISTHTML" ]; then
if ! echo "$DISTHTML" | grep -q "$CODENAME-$PGDG"; then
cat <<EOF
Your system is using the distribution codename $CODENAME, but $CODENAME-$PGDG
does not seem to be a valid distribution on
$DISTURL
We abort the installation here. If you want to use a distribution different
from your system, you can call this script with an explicit codename, e.g.
"$0 precise".
Specifically, if you are using a non-LTS Ubuntu release, refer to
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt/FAQ#I_am_using_a_non-LTS_release_of_Ubuntu
For more information, refer to https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt
or ask on the mailing list for assistance: [email protected]
EOF
exit 1
fi
fi
;;
esac
if [ -z "$YES" ]; then
echo -n "Press Enter to continue, or Ctrl-C to abort."
read enter
fi
echo "Writing $SOURCESLIST ..."
cat > $SOURCESLIST <<EOF
deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ $CODENAME-$PGDG $COMPONENTS
$DEB_SRC http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ $CODENAME-$PGDG $COMPONENTS
EOF
echo "Importing repository signing key ..."
KEYRING="/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/apt.postgresql.org.gpg"
test -e $KEYRING || touch $KEYRING
apt-key --keyring $KEYRING add - <<EOF
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EOF
echo "Running apt-get update ..."
apt-get update
cat <<EOF
You can now start installing packages from apt.postgresql.org.
Have a look at https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt for more information;
most notably the FAQ at https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt/FAQ
EOF
# remove/install packages
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
if [ "$PURGE" ]; then
echo "Purging existing PostgreSQL packages ..."
apt-get -y purge postgresql-client-common
fi
if [ "$INSTALL" ]; then
echo "Installing packages for PostgreSQL $VERSION ..."
apt-get -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confnew install $PIN postgresql-$VERSION postgresql-server-dev-$VERSION
fi
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