server version mismatch postgresql pg_dump

Question

I'm getting the following error when I'm trying to export my database...

pg_dump: server version: 9.3.1; pg_dump version: 9.1.11
pg_dump: aborting because of server version mismatch

The problem is I cannot update from 9.1.11 to 9.3.1 because of my ubuntu version on my client machine. I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail and as you can see in this distributions link the ultimate postgresql version for ubuntu is 12.04 precise pangolin.

Any possible solution? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

As previously commented the solution is to use a pg_dump compatible with the server version. The alternatives are:

1. Run pg_dump from the server. This means you have to have a local or remote connection to server (via ssh for example)
2. Install later version of pg_dump. Note that even pgAdmin includes pg_dump so you don't necessarily have to install PostgreSQL package on the client.