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PostgreSQL 18.1.0

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. The inclusion of PostgreSQL Global Development Group trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify PostgreSQL Global Development Group goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Depends on vcredist140 which requires reboot

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install PostgreSQL, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade PostgreSQL, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall PostgreSQL, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade postgresql -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade postgresql -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install postgresql
  win_chocolatey:
    name: postgresql
    version: '18.1.0'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'postgresql' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '18.1.0'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller postgresql
{
    Name     = "postgresql"
    Version  = "18.1.0"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'postgresql':
  ensure   => '18.1.0',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 24 Nov 2025.

Description

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open-source object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
It extends the POSTGRES project and pioneered features later adopted by other commercial systems.

PostgreSQL is free to use, modify, and distribute for private, commercial, or academic purposes.

Features

Package parameters

Parameter Description
/AllowRemote Enables remote connections (adds entries to pg_hba.conf).
/Password Sets password for postgres user. If omitted, one is generated. Ignored if PostgreSQL already exists.
/Port Database server port. Defaults to 5432 or next available port.
/NoPath Prevents adding PostgreSQL bin directory to PATH.

Other parameters could be set via --ia argument, example:

choco install postgresql13 --params '/Password:test /Port:5433' --ia '--enable-components server,commandlinetools'

Check all installer options by adding --help as command line argument.

Notes

  • Test installation (specify your password):
    $Env:PGPASSWORD='test'; '\conninfo' | psql -Upostgres
    This should output:
    You are connected to database "postgres" as user "postgres" on host "localhost" at port "5432"
  • This package will install PostgreSQL to $Env:ProgramFiles\PostgreSQL\[MajorVersion].
  • If you have problems during installation see troubleshooting page.
  • If you didn't specify password during setup and didn't record the generated one, you need manually reset it using the following steps:
    • Open file data\pg_hba.conf in PostgreSql installation directory
    • Change METHOD to trust and restart service with Restart-Service postgresql*
    • Execute "alter user postgres with password '[my password]';" | psql -Upostgres
    • Revert back data\pg_hba.conf to METHOD md5 and restart service

Virtual package

Each major version has its own package: postgresql<Version>

Virtual package postgresql also contains all versions that depend on adequate major version, but using it without problems require some special choco parameters.

To propagate package parameters to dependencies use --params-global choco install parameter with virtual package postgresql. Assuming latest version is 12, to provide password the following two examples result in identical installation:

choco install postgresql --params '/Password:test' --params-global
choco install postgresql12 --params '/Password:test'

To uninstall dependent package use --force-dependencies:

# The following two examples are identical
choco uninstall postgresql --force-dependencies
choco uninstall postgresql12 postgresql

# This example uninstalls only postgresql virtual package and not postgresql12
choco uninstall postgresql

To force reinstallation via virtual package use --force-dependencies:

# The following two examples are identical
choco install postgresql --force --force-dependencies
choco install postgresql12 --force --force-dependencies

# This will reinstall only postgresql virtual package and not its dependency postgresql12
choco install postgresql -force

# This one is different then the first one as vcredist140 dependency is not reinstalled
choco install postgresql12 --force

Please Note: This is an automatically updated package. If you find it is
out of date by more than a day or two, please contact the maintainer(s) and
let them know here that the package is no longer updating correctly.


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PostgreSQL 18.0.0 5702 Sunday, October 5, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 17.7.0 29 Thursday, November 13, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 17.6.0 79 Sunday, October 5, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 17.4.0 23925 Friday, February 21, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 17.3.0 1230 Friday, February 14, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 17.2.0 6419 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 17.1.0 408 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 17.0.0 2556 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.11.0 23 Thursday, November 13, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.10.0 28 Sunday, October 5, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.8.0 221 Friday, February 21, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.7.0 59 Friday, February 14, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.6.0 123 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.5.0 69 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.4.0 3100 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.1.0 17713 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 16.0.0 4617 Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.15.0 19 Thursday, November 13, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.14.0 58 Sunday, October 5, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.12.0 135 Friday, February 21, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.11.0 30 Friday, February 14, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.10.0 59 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.9.0 46 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.8.0 135 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.5.0 516 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.4 1899 Friday, August 11, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 15.0.1 11280 Thursday, October 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.20.0 22 Thursday, November 13, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.19.0 27 Sunday, October 5, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.17.0 51 Friday, February 21, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.16.0 39 Friday, February 14, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.15.0 88 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.14.0 48 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.13.0 97 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.10.0 150 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.9 92 Friday, August 11, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.8 120 Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.7 100 Sunday, February 12, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.6.2 107 Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.5.1 7703 Friday, August 12, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.4.1 4591 Friday, June 17, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.3.1 3345 Friday, May 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.2.2 2563 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.2.1 6419 Thursday, February 10, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.1.1 8065 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 14.0.1 3998 Friday, October 1, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.23.0 30 Thursday, November 13, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.22.0 23 Sunday, October 5, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.20.0 66 Friday, February 21, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.19.0 27 Friday, February 14, 2025 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.18.0 45 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.17.0 43 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.16.0 71 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.13.0 108 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.12 116 Friday, August 11, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.11 106 Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.10 184 Sunday, February 12, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.9.3 93 Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.9.1 295 Friday, November 11, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.8.1 100 Friday, August 12, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.7.1 149 Friday, May 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.6.2 121 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.6.1 2253 Thursday, February 10, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.5.1 196 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.4.2 745 Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.4.1 3906 Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.3.2 6359 Thursday, May 20, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.3.1 815 Friday, May 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.2.2 2628 Friday, April 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.2.1 4151 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.1.1 5400 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.0.1 3778 Friday, September 25, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 13.0-beta3 412 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.22.0 85 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.21.0 42 Friday, November 15, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.20.0 61 Friday, September 27, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.17.0 104 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.16 108 Friday, August 11, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.15 110 Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.14 125 Sunday, February 12, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.13.1 127 Friday, November 11, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.12.1 111 Friday, August 12, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.11.1 123 Friday, May 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.10.2 126 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.10.1 136 Thursday, February 10, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.9.1 201 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.8.2 159 Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.8.1 149 Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.7.2 205 Thursday, May 20, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.7.1 140 Friday, May 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.6.3 188 Saturday, May 1, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.6.2 166 Friday, April 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.6.1 195 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.5.1 221 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.4.1 2928 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.3 6471 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.2 5805 Friday, February 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.1 4679 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 12.0 3831 Friday, October 4, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.22.0 112 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.21 96 Friday, August 11, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.20 112 Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.19 120 Sunday, February 12, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.18.1 110 Friday, November 11, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.17.1 103 Friday, August 12, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.16.1 125 Friday, May 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.15.2 112 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.15.1 151 Thursday, February 10, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.14.1 140 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.13.2 179 Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.13.1 194 Saturday, August 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.12.2 162 Thursday, May 20, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.12.1 138 Friday, May 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.11.3 172 Thursday, April 29, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.11.2 154 Friday, April 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.11.1 190 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.10.2 175 Saturday, January 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.10.1 232 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.9.1 1224 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.8.2 187 Thursday, August 13, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.8 245 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.7 305 Friday, February 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.6 328 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 11.5 498 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.23.1 118 Friday, November 11, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.22.1 119 Friday, August 12, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.21.1 121 Friday, May 13, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.20.2 117 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.20.1 128 Thursday, February 10, 2022 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.19.1 181 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.18.2 166 Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.18.1 138 Friday, August 13, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.17.2 173 Friday, May 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.17.1 158 Friday, May 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.16.2 192 Friday, April 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.16.1 163 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.15.1 202 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.14.1 232 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.13.2 189 Thursday, August 13, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.13 222 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.12 361 Friday, February 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.11 265 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.10 517 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.6.0.20190131 9742 Friday, February 1, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.6 3094 Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.4.0.20181106 2033 Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Approved
PostgreSQL 10.4.0.0 4247 Friday, June 8, 2018 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.24.1 127 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.23.2 137 Sunday, September 26, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.23.1 116 Sunday, August 15, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.22.2 130 Friday, May 28, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.22.1 147 Friday, May 14, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.21.2 143 Friday, April 9, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.21.1 145 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.20.1 176 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.19.1 184 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.18.2 198 Thursday, August 13, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.18 223 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.17 291 Friday, February 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.16 325 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.15 348 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.6.8 2592 Friday, April 27, 2018 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.25.1 2742 Friday, February 12, 2021 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.24.1 190 Saturday, November 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.23.1 216 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.22 190 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.21 320 Friday, February 14, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.20 278 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.5.19 276 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.4.26 382 Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.4.25 558 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.4.24 309 Thursday, October 3, 2019 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.3.25 110 Sunday, February 12, 2023 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.2.1 57230 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.2.0 3220 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.1.5 690 Sunday, August 19, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.1.4 684 Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.1.3 1206 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.1.2 708 Saturday, December 17, 2011 Approved
PostgreSQL 9.1.1 667 Sunday, November 13, 2011 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.4.14 772 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.4.13 741 Sunday, August 19, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.4.12 588 Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.3.18 692 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.3.17 639 Saturday, December 17, 2011 Approved
PostgreSQL 8.3.16 656 Sunday, November 20, 2011 Approved
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