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Chapter 1. Installation Instructions

Table of Contents

1.1. Short Version

1.2. Requirements

1.3. Getting The Source

1.4. If You Are Upgrading

1.5. Installation Procedure

1.6. Post-Installation Setup

1.6.1. Shared Libraries
1.6.2. Environment Variables

1.7. Supported Platforms

1.1. Short Version

./configure
gmake
gmake install
adduser postgres
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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