# Installing PostgreSQL - Debian Linux

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 2, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/installing-postgresql-debian-linux/2099 "2022-01-02T22:20:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![s345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@s345](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/s345)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/installing-postgresql-debian-linux/2099/1 "2022-01-02T22:20:22Z")

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(Please include your Gramps version and Operating System)  
I’m running Gramps 5.1.4 on Debian Testing. I have PostgreSQL installed, and would like to use it. However, when I try and install the add-on, I get that “The following had errors on install: PostgreSQL” I saw the Jan 2021 help topic Problem with PostgreSQL - stopping offer to update, but didn’t see how to get it to install.

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**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/installing-postgresql-debian-linux/2099/2 "2022-01-02T22:58:58Z")

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PostgreSQL is an alternative database backend. It is there primarily for experimental work.

Since it is not the preferred engine, there might not be any users using it with 5.1.4 version.

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**Author:** ![daleathan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/daleathan/32/1701_2.png) [@daleathan](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/daleathan)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/installing-postgresql-debian-linux/2099/3 "2022-01-02T23:30:46Z")

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> [@s345](#):
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> but didn’t see how to get it to install.

[Instructions for installing the experimental PostgreSQL database backend](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/PostgreSQL) on Ubuntu.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/installing-postgresql-debian-linux/2099/4 "2022-02-01T23:31:31Z")

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