Installing VectorChord-BM25

Prerequisites

1. Install your flavor of Postgres if not already installed. See:

   • Installing PostgreSQL

   • Installing EDB Postgres Advanced Server

   • Installing EDB Postgres Extended Server

2. Set up the repository:

   Setting up the repository is a one-time task. If you've already set up your repository, you don't need to perform this step.

   To set up the repository, go to EDB repositories and follow the instructions provided there.

3. Install pg_tokenizer package:

   → WrapCopy

   sudo <package-manager> -y install edb-<postgres><postgres_version>-pg-tokenizer

• <package-manager> is the package manager used with your operating system:

  Package manager	Operating system
  dnf	RHEL 8/9 and derivatives
  zypper	SLES
  apt-get	Debian and derivatives

• <postgres> is the distribution of Postgres you're using:

  Postgres distribution	Value
  PostgreSQL	pg
  EDB Postgres Advanced Server	as
  EDB Postgres Extended Server	postgresextended

• <postgres_version> is the version of Postgres you're using.

For example, to install pg_tokenizer for EDB Postgres Advanced Server 15 on a RHEL 8 platform:

sudo dnf -y install edb-as15-pg-tokenizer

Install the package

sudo <package-manager> -y install edb-<postgres><postgres_version>-vectorchord-bm25

• <package-manager> is the package manager used with your operating system:

  Package manager	Operating system
  dnf	RHEL 8/9 and derivatives
  zypper	SLES
  apt-get	Debian and derivatives

• <postgres> is the distribution of Postgres you're using:

  Postgres distribution	Value
  PostgreSQL	pg
  EDB Postgres Advanced Server	as
  EDB Postgres Extended Server	postgresextended

• <postgres_version> is the version of Postgres you're using.

For example, to install vectorchord-bm25 for EDB Postgres Advanced Server 15 on a RHEL 8 platform:

sudo dnf -y install edb-as15-vectorchord-bm25