How to Install Postgres on Ubuntu 20.04 in WSL

This is a post on how to install Postgres on Ubuntu 20.04, on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). This should hopefully be a straightforward installation for you, which is done by following these 3 steps:

# Update Local Packages on Ubuntu in WSL
# Install Postgres on Ubuntu
# Restart Postgres Service on Ubuntu


Update Local Packages on Ubuntu in WSL

First, we need to update our local packages, by running the following apt command:

# update local packages
sudo apt update
ubuntu sudo apt update

Install Postgres on Ubuntu

The next command will install Postgres. We’re including the ‘-contrib‘ package which will give us extra functionalities.

# install postgres on ubuntu
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib
Install Postgres on Ubuntu

Once the installation completes, we can enter psql using the ‘postgres’ user that was automatically created during the installation.

# login to psql with the out of box postgres user
sudo -u postgres psql
\q (to quit back to terminal)
Enter PSQL

Restart Postgres Service on Ubuntu

You may need to restart the Postgres services after the installation to overcome an error. You can do this by running the following:

# restart postgres service ubuntu
sudo service postgresql restart

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