Loongson loong64 packages on apt.postgresql.org

apt.postgresql.org expanded its supported architectures to include Loongson loong64, a Chinese processor architecture. The build host for this architecture runs on a Loongson 3B6000 board supplied by the loongfans.cn community. Bootstrapping the PostgreSQL packages was completed earlier in the month, and the packages are now installable through the standard apt repository.

The addition means teams deploying PostgreSQL on Loongson hardware no longer need to compile from source or maintain their own packaging pipeline. They can pull packages directly from apt.postgresql.org using the same workflow used for other supported architectures. This lowers the operational cost of running PostgreSQL on loong64-based systems.

One notable gap is the GIS stack: postgis, pgrouting, mobilitydb, and pgsql-ogr-fdw are not yet available for loong64. The announcement attributes this to waiting for the next postgis release, so workloads that depend on spatial extensions cannot fully migrate to the repository packages yet. Engineers using those extensions should track the next postgis release before relying on apt.postgresql.org for loong64 deployments.

Only one feed carried this event, so there is no independent corroboration of the details beyond the official apt.postgresql.org announcement. The material does not specify which PostgreSQL versions are packaged for loong64, though the same announcement page references recent releases across PostgreSQL 14 through 19 Beta 3. Engineers should verify package availability for their target version directly on the repository.