How it works…

A PostgreSQL extension is represented by a control file, <extension name>.control, located in the SHAREDIR/extension directory, plus one or more files containing the actual extension objects. The control file specifies the extension name, version, and other information that is useful for the extension infrastructure. Each time an extension is installed, uninstalled, or upgraded to a new version, the corresponding row in the pg_extension catalog table is inserted, deleted, or updated, respectively.