This package contains client and administrative programs for postgresql: these are the interactive terminal client psql and programs for creating and removing users and databases.

this is the client package for postgresql 9.3. if you install postgresql 9.3 on a standalone machine, you need the server package postgresql-9.3, too. on a network, you can install this package on many client machines, while the server package may be installed on only one machine.

postgresql is an object-relational sql database management system.