pgxman makes installing Postgres extensions as easy as installing any other software package.
Install pgxman
Using curl
curl -sfL https://install.pgx.sh | sh -
Using brew
brew install pgxman/tap/pgxman
Docker is required to run pgxman on MacOS.
Find and install an extension
Search
Install
Connect to Postgres
# mac - connect to the container pgxman creates
$ psql postgres://postgres:[email protected]/postgres
# linux - restart postgres so it picks up newly installed extensions, then connect
$ sudo service postgresql restart
$ sudo -u postgres psql
Give it a try
postgres=# select * from pg_available_extensions;
...
postgres=# create extension vector;
CREATE EXTENSION
