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. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > Gönderen: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume.lela...@dalibo.com> > Date: 10 Şub 2025 Pzt, 13:28 > Subject: Re: Passwordcheck Extension Not Installing > To: <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.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 > > >
