Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:25:50 +0100
From: chris <psql-contact@citecs.de>
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Subject: Re: How to check completeness of installation
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> [postgres@lx90158 ~]$ dpkg
> -bash: dpkg: command not found

The very first thing to do is: get informed about the Linux distribution you're working on:

	cat /etc/os-release

then use the appropriate tools.

> [postgres@lx90158 ~]$
> 
> RPM seems to be too vast a topic for me to try a quick and dirty command. Need to read up on it. 

The two commands you would need (IIRC):

rpm -qa | grep -i postgres

rpm -qlp packagename

HTH, Chris