Below is from my OpenSUSE command line. I only installed the first package, but both say, "Installed: Yes". Why is this? Are they really the same package?
linux-srqm:~ # zypper info postgresql Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Information for package postgresql: ----------------------------------- Repository: openSUSE-13.2-Oss Name: postgresql Version: 9.3-3.1.2 Arch: noarch Vendor: openSUSE Installed: Yes Status: up-to-date Installed Size: 83 B Summary: Basic Clients and Utilities for PostgreSQL Description: PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, and user-defined types and functions. This package contains the basic utility and client programs necessary to maintain and work with local or remote PostgreSQL databases as well as manual pages for the SQL commands that PostgreSQL supports. Full HTML documentation for PostgreSQL can be found in the postgresql-docs package. linux-srqm:~ # zypper info postgresql93 Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Information for package postgresql93: ------------------------------------- Repository: openSUSE-13.2-Update Name: postgresql93 Version: 9.3.10-2.7.1 Arch: i586 Vendor: openSUSE Installed: Yes Status: out-of-date (version 9.3.6-2.4.1 installed) Installed Size: 3.9 MiB Summary: Basic Clients and Utilities for PostgreSQL Description: PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, and user-defined types and functions. This package contains the basic utility and client programs necessary to maintain and work with local or remote PostgreSQL databases as well as manual pages for the SQL commands that PostgreSQL supports. Full HTML documentation for PostgreSQL can be found in the postgresql-docs package. linux-srqm:~ #