Uninstalling Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL

To uninstall Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL, remove all the installed packages and data / configuration files.

Note

Should you need the data files later, back up your data before uninstalling Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL.

On Debian and Ubuntu using aptOn Red Hat Enterprise Linux and derivatives using yum

To uninstall Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL on platforms that use apt package manager such as Debian or Ubuntu, complete the following steps.

Run all commands as root or via sudo.

1. Stop the PostgreSQL service.

   $ sudo systemctl stop postgresql.service
   

2. Remove the percona-postgresql packages.

   $ sudo apt remove percona-postgresql-11* percona-pgbackrest percona-patroni percona-pgbadger percona-pgbouncer
   

3. Remove configuration and data files.

   $ rm -rf /etc/postgresql/11/main
   

To uninstall Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL on platforms that use yum package manager such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS, complete the following steps.

Run all commands as root or via sudo.

1. Stop the PostgreSQL service.

   $ sudo systemctl stop postgresql-11
   

2. Remove the percona-postgresql packages

   $ sudo yum remove percona-postgresql11* percona-pgbadger
   

3. Remove configuration and data files

   $ rm -rf /var/lib/pgsql/11/data
   

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Last update: December 5, 2022
Created: May 28, 2021