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On PostgreSQL 9.2.3 when trying this:

CREATE EXTENSION btree_gist;

I get this error:

ERROR: could not open extension control file "/opt/local/share/postgresql92/extension/btree_gist.control": No such file or directory

Running SELECT pg_available_extensions(); shows that indeed is not available.

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  • Googling shows that it's supplied as a .sql file that you run.
    – Philᵀᴹ
    Mar 22, 2013 at 22:36
  • Probably, depending on the way you have installed Postgres, there's an extra "contrib" package you need to install Mar 22, 2013 at 23:07

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The problem is that the needed contrib files are not installed. This was actually the case for several contrib modules.

I found help with the solution to this here:
https://wiki-bsse.ethz.ch/display/ITDOC/Get+PostgreSQL+contrib+modules+on+Mac+OS+X

$ su
# port build postgresql92
# cd `port work postgresql92`/postgresql-<version>/contrib
# for d in *; do test -d $d && ( echo $d; cd $d; make all && make install; cd .. ); done

I suspect reinstalling everything would work too, but this highlights the actual problem.

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    I recently installed 9.3 (sudo port install postgresql93-server) and uninstalled 9.2 (sudo port uninstall <all related ports>). Today, upon doing a restore I found that CREATE EXTENSION didn't work for this same reason. Executing the above four lines for the appropriate version fixed the problem. Sep 12, 2013 at 4:25

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