Can create extension but can't alter in PostgreSQL

Question

The extension was created by user deploy with:

CREATE EXTENSION ltree;

now I need to move extension to another schema (still as a deploy user, schema utils is owned by deploy user too). So I do:

ALTER EXTENSION ltree SET SCHEMA utils;

which fails with:

ERROR: must be owner of extension ltree

So 2 questions:

1. Why does PG allow creating the extension for deploy user but not altering it by the same user?
2. How can I change the schema of the extension still being the deploy user?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The extension has to be relocatable to move to another schema.

The easiest solution is probably to just drop the extension from your schema, then create it in a new schema.