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PostgreSQL 7.4.2 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.

14.1. Short Version

./configure gmake su gmake install adduser postgres mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data su - 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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