Re: Passwordcheck Extension Not Installing

Hi,

Thank you for your response. Yes, it turns out that it works without
needing to run *CREATE EXTENSION*. My issue has been resolved. Thank you
for your help.

Best regards.

>
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> Gönderen: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(dot)lelarge(at)dalibo(dot)com>
> Date: 10 Şub 2025 Pzt, 13:28
> Subject: Re: Passwordcheck Extension Not Installing
> To: <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> On 08/02/2025 20:28, Cihat Küçükbağrıaçık wrote:
> > Hi Community,
> >
> > I have a PostgreSQL 17.2 database running on Ubuntu 22.04. I'm trying to
> > install the |passwordcheck| extension, but I keep getting a "file not
> > found" error.
> >
> > postgres=# create extension passwordcheck;
> > ERROR: extension "passwordcheck" is not available
> > DETAIL: Could not open extension control file "/usr/share/
> > postgresql/17/extension/passwordcheck.control": No such file or
> directory.
> > HINT: The extension must first be installed on the system where
> > PostgreSQL is running.
> >
> >
> > Even though I have installed the |postgresql-contrib| packages, I still
> > cannot see the extension. Below, I have listed the steps I followed.
> > Could you help me with this issue?
> >
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/passwordcheck.html <https://
> > www.postgresql.org/docs/current/passwordcheck.html>
> >
>
> To install passwordcheck, you shouldn't use "CREATE EXTENSION". You need
> to add it to shared_preload_librarires, restart PostgreSQL, and that's all.
>
> Regards.
>
>
> --
> Guillaume Lelarge
> Consultant
> https://dalibo.com
>
>
>