PostgreSQL 8.0.1 Documentation
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Chapter 14. Installation Instructions

Table of Contents

14.1. Short Version

14.2. Requirements

14.3. Getting The Source

14.4. If You Are Upgrading

14.5. Installation Procedure

14.6. Post-Installation Setup

14.6.1. Shared Libraries
14.6.2. Environment Variables

14.7. Supported Platforms

This chapter describes the installation of PostgreSQL from the source code distribution. (If you are installing a pre-packaged distribution, such as an RPM or Debian package, ignore this chapter and read the packager's instructions instead.)

14.1. Short Version

./configuregmakesugmake installadduser postgresmkdir /usr/local/pgsql/datachown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/datasu - postgres/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test

The long version is the rest of this chapter.

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