Problems during Installation using Yum

Problem

When you try to install Postgres onto Oracle Linux the following error occurs:

Error: No matching Packages to list

Cause

yum fails while installing Postgres onto Oracle Linux according to this guide

yum list postgresql*

Solution

You can download and install the necessary packages from the Postgres RPM repo.

• RHEL/CentOS/Scientific Linux/Oracle Linux 6 - x86_64:
  • https://yum.postgresql.org/9.6/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/repoview/postgresql96-libs.html
  • https://yum.postgresql.org/9.6/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/repoview/postgresql96.html
  • https://yum.postgresql.org/9.6/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/repoview/postgresql96-server.html