Uninstall PostgreSQL 17 client

Uninstall PostgreSQL 17 client on Linux

Table of Contents

1. Uninstall PostgreSQL 17 client

[root@client01 ~]# dnf remove -y postgresql17
Dependencies resolved.
=================================================================================================
 Package                    Architecture    Version                       Repository        Size
=================================================================================================
Removing:
 postgresql17               x86_64          17.10-2PGDG.rhel9.8           @pgdg17           11 M
Removing unused dependencies:
 postgresql17-libs          x86_64          17.10-2PGDG.rhel9.8           @pgdg17          1.2 M

Transaction Summary
=================================================================================================
Remove  2 Packages

Freed space: 12 M
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                         1/1
  Erasing          : postgresql17-17.10-2PGDG.rhel9.8.x86_64                                 1/2
  Running scriptlet: postgresql17-17.10-2PGDG.rhel9.8.x86_64                                 1/2
  Erasing          : postgresql17-libs-17.10-2PGDG.rhel9.8.x86_64                            2/2
  Running scriptlet: postgresql17-libs-17.10-2PGDG.rhel9.8.x86_64                            2/2
  Verifying        : postgresql17-17.10-2PGDG.rhel9.8.x86_64                                 1/2
  Verifying        : postgresql17-libs-17.10-2PGDG.rhel9.8.x86_64                            2/2

Removed:
  postgresql17-17.10-2PGDG.rhel9.8.x86_64      postgresql17-libs-17.10-2PGDG.rhel9.8.x86_64

Complete!
[root@client01 ~]#

2. Remove the official PostgreSQL (PGDG) repository

[root@client01 ~]# dnf remove pgdg-redhat-repo -y
Dependencies resolved.
=================================================================================================================================
 Package                                        Architecture                         Version               Repository       Size
=================================================================================================================================
Removing:
 pgdg-redhat-repo                               noarch                               42.0-64.rhel9PGDG     @@commandline    16 k

Transaction Summary
=================================================================================================================================
Remove  1 Package

Freed space: 16 k
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                                         1/1
  Erasing          : pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-64.rhel9PGDG.noarch                                                               1/1
  Verifying        : pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-64.rhel9PGDG.noarch                                                               1/1

Removed:
  pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-64.rhel9PGDG.noarch

Complete!
[root@client01 ~]#

3. Verify the installation

[root@client01 ~]# psql --version
-bash: /usr/bin/psql: No such file or directory
[root@client01 ~]#

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