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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[08254fc] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[a7ff037] | 7 | <!ENTITY postgresql-download-http "http://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
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[af33199] | 8 | <!-- <!ENTITY postgresql-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2"> -->
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| 9 | <!ENTITY postgresql-download-ftp " ">
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[f33b456] | 10 | <!ENTITY postgresql-md5sum "a88ceea8ecf2741307f663e4539b58b7">
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[af1a5b1] | 11 | <!ENTITY postgresql-size "19 MB">
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[f33b456] | 12 | <!ENTITY postgresql-buildsize "185 MB (add 37 MB for tests)">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY postgresql-time "0.6 SBU (with parallelism=4, add 0.1 SBU for tests)">
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[08254fc] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[458342f] | 16 | <sect1 id="postgresql" xreflabel="PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;">
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[4ab91cd] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="postgresql.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="postgresql">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to PostgreSQL</title>
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| 32 |
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[4472e923] | 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> is an advanced
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| 35 | object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), derived
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| 36 | from the Berkeley Postgres database management system.
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| 37 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 38 |
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[f33b456] | 39 | &lfs91_checked;
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[a1813d08] | 40 |
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[4ab91cd] | 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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[4472e923] | 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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[4472e923] | 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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[4472e923] | 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &postgresql-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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[4472e923] | 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &postgresql-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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[4472e923] | 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &postgresql-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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[4472e923] | 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &postgresql-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PostgreSQL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[a7ff037] | 78 | <para role="optional">
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| 79 | <xref linkend="python2"/>,
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| 80 | <xref linkend="tcl"/>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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| 82 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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| 83 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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| 84 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
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| 85 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> and
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[88057a1] | 86 | <ulink url="https://developer.apple.com/bonjour/">Bonjour</ulink>
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[a7ff037] | 87 | </para>
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[5aa1d3dd] | 88 |
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| 89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (To Regenerate Documentation)</bridgehead>
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[a7ff037] | 90 | <para role="optional">
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[af1a5b1] | 91 | <xref linkend="fop"/>,
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[a7ff037] | 92 | <xref linkend="sgml-dtd"/>,
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| 93 | <xref linkend="docbook-dsssl"/>,
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[af1a5b1] | 94 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
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[a7ff037] | 95 | <xref linkend="openjade"/>, and
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[4392a40] | 96 | <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/>
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[a7ff037] | 97 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 98 |
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[3cb0c57] | 99 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 100 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/postgresql"/></para>
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| 101 |
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[4ab91cd] | 102 | </sect2>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 105 | <title>Installation of PostgreSQL</title>
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| 106 |
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[8753831e] | 107 | <para>
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| 108 | For enhanced security, it is better to have a dedicated group and user
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| 109 | for running the PostgreSQL server. First, issue as the
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| 110 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 111 | </para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 41 postgres &&
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| 114 | useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data \
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| 115 | -u 41 postgres</userinput></screen>
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| 116 |
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[4472e923] | 117 | <note>
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| 118 | <para>
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| 119 | There are several configuration items that add additional
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| 120 | functionality with optional packages to
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| 121 | <application>PostgreSQL</application>. Use <command>./configure
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| 122 | --help</command> to see a list.
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 | </note>
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[9b98149] | 125 |
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[4472e923] | 126 | <para>
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| 127 | Install <application>PostgreSQL</application> with the
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| 128 | following commands:
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| 129 | </para>
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[08254fc] | 130 |
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[62a6a73] | 131 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR/s@/tmp@/run/postgresql@' src/include/pg_config_manual.h &&
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[5be5fc08] | 132 |
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[faf325d] | 133 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[e0cafc9] | 134 | --enable-thread-safety \
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| 135 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version; &&
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[4ab91cd] | 136 | make</userinput></screen>
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[44e4099] | 137 |
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[4472e923] | 138 | <para>
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| 139 | There are a number of programs in the
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| 140 | <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename> directory. If you are
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| 141 | going to run this installation as a server and wish to build some of
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| 142 | them, enter <command>make -C contrib</command> or <command>make -C
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| 143 | contrib/<replaceable><SUBDIR-NAME></replaceable></command> for
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| 144 | each subdirectory.
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[782bf3d0] | 145 | </para>
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| 146 |
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[4472e923] | 147 | <para>
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| 148 | Tests must be run as an unprivileged user because they need to start a
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| 149 | temporary server and this is prevented as the root user. For the same
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| 150 | reason, you need to stop all PostgreSQL servers if any are running. If a
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| 151 | previous version of PostgreSQL is installed, it may be necessary to use
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| 152 | <command>--disable-rpath</command> with <command>configure</command> to
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| 153 | avoid failures, but <emphasis>installing the binaries created using this
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| 154 | switch is not recommended</emphasis>. To test the results, issue:
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| 155 | <command>make check</command>.
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| 156 | </para>
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[49a38a1] | 157 |
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[4472e923] | 158 | <para>
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| 159 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 160 | </para>
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[44e4099] | 161 |
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[e0cafc9] | 162 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[4f2c94fc] | 163 | make install-docs</userinput></screen>
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[11404f5] | 164 |
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[4472e923] | 165 | <para>
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| 166 | If you made any of the <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename>
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| 167 | programs, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 168 | </para>
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[782bf3d0] | 169 |
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[ca8c3c05] | 170 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>make -C contrib/<replaceable><SUBDIR-NAME></replaceable> install</userinput></screen>
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[782bf3d0] | 171 |
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[4472e923] | 172 | <tip>
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| 173 | <para>
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| 174 | If you only intend to use <application>PostgreSQL</application> as a
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| 175 | client to connect to a server on another machine, your installation is
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| 176 | complete and you should not run the remaining commands.
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| 177 | </para>
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| 178 | </tip>
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[08254fc] | 179 |
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[4472e923] | 180 | <para>
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| 181 | Initialize a database cluster with the following commands issued by the
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| 182 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 183 | </para>
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[08254fc] | 184 |
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[faf325d] | 185 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm700 /srv/pgsql/data &&
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| 186 | install -v -dm755 /run/postgresql &&
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[fcafd3d] | 187 | chown -Rv postgres:postgres /srv/pgsql /run/postgresql</userinput></screen>
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| 188 |
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[4472e923] | 189 | <para>
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| 190 | Now, initialize the database as the <systemitem
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| 191 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 192 | </para>
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[fcafd3d] | 193 |
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[a7b7eceb] | 194 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/data'</userinput></screen>
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[fcafd3d] | 195 |
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[4ab91cd] | 196 | </sect2>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 199 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 200 |
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[faf325d] | 201 | <para>
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[b7ed441] | 202 | <command>sed -i ...</command>: This sed changes server socket location
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[faf325d] | 203 | from <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> to
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[80454f5] | 204 | <filename class="directory">/run/postgresql</filename><!-- and fix up the
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[782bf3d0] | 205 | regression tests to use <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> so
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[79f9638] | 206 | that they can work reliably-->.
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[faf325d] | 207 | </para>
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| 208 |
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[4472e923] | 209 | <para>
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| 210 | <parameter>--enable-thread-safety</parameter>: This switch makes the
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| 211 | client libraries thread-safe by allowing concurrent threads in
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| 212 | <filename class="libraryfile">libpq</filename> and ECPG programs to
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| 213 | safely control their private connection handles.
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| 214 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 215 |
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[4472e923] | 216 | <para>
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| 217 | <option>--with-openssl</option>: builds the package with support for
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| 218 | <application>OpenSSL</application> encrypted connections.
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| 219 | </para>
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[a2957b7] | 220 |
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[4472e923] | 221 | <para>
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| 222 | <option>--with-perl</option>: builds the PL/Perl server-side language.
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[76acb620] | 223 | </para>
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| 224 |
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[4472e923] | 225 | <para>
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| 226 | <option>--with-python</option>: builds the PL/Python server-side
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| 227 | language. Add PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 for Python2 support, otherwise
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| 228 | Python3 is used by default.
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| 229 | </para>
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[76acb620] | 230 |
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[4472e923] | 231 | <para>
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| 232 | <option>--with-tcl</option>: builds the PL/Tcl server-side language.
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| 233 | </para>
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[76acb620] | 234 |
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[4ab91cd] | 235 | </sect2>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 238 | <title>Configuring PostgreSQL</title>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <sect3 id="postgresql-config">
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| 241 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 242 |
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[4472e923] | 243 | <para>
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| 244 | <filename>$PGDATA/pg_ident.con</filename>,
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| 245 | <filename>$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf</filename>, and
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| 246 | <filename>$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</filename>
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| 247 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 248 |
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| 249 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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| 250 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_ident.con">$PGDATA/pg_indent.con</primary>
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| 251 | </indexterm>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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| 254 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_hba.conf">$PGDATA/pg_hba_conf</primary>
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| 255 | </indexterm>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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| 258 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-postgresql.conf">$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</primary>
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| 259 | </indexterm>
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| 260 |
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[4472e923] | 261 | <para>
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| 262 | The <envar>PGDATA</envar> environment variable is used to
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| 263 | distinguish database clusters from one another by setting it to
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| 264 | the value of the directory which contains the cluster desired.
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| 265 | The three configuration files exist in every <filename
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| 266 | class="directory">PGDATA/</filename> directory. Details on the
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| 267 | format of the files and the options that can be set in each can
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| 268 | be found in <filename>
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| 269 | /usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;/html/index.html</filename>.
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| 270 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 271 |
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| 272 | </sect3>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <sect3 id="postgresql-init">
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[1258125] | 275 | <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
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| 276 | <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
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| 277 |
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[4472e923] | 278 | <para>
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| 279 | Install the
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| 280 | <phrase revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql</filename>
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| 281 | init script</phrase>
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| 282 | <phrase revision="systemd"><filename>postgresql.service</filename>
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| 283 | unit</phrase> included in the
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| 284 | <xref linkend="bootscripts" revision="sysv"/>
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| 285 | <xref linkend="systemd-units" revision="systemd"/> package:
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| 286 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 287 |
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| 288 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-init">
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| 289 | <primary sortas="f-postgresql">postgresql</primary>
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| 290 | </indexterm>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-postgresql</userinput></screen>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | </sect3>
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| 295 |
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[8753831e] | 296 | <sect3>
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| 297 | <title>Starting the PostgreSQL Server and Creating a Sample Database</title>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | <para>
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| 300 | The database server can be manually started with the following command
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| 301 | (as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user):
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| 302 | </para>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postgres -D /srv/pgsql/data > \
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| 305 | /srv/pgsql/data/logfile 2>&1 &'</userinput></screen>
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| 306 | <note>
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| 307 | <para>
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| 308 | If you are scripting this part, you should wait for the server to
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| 309 | start before going on, by adding for example
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| 310 | <command>sleep 2</command> after the above command.
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| 311 | </para>
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| 312 | </note>
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| 313 |
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| 314 | <para>
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| 315 | The instructions below show how to create a database, add a table to
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| 316 | it, insert some rows into the table and select them, to verify that the
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| 317 | installation is working properly. Still as user <systemitem
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| 318 | class="username">root</systemitem>, issue:
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| 319 | </para>
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| 320 |
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| 321 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test' &&
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| 322 | echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \
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| 323 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 324 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \
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| 325 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 326 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \
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| 327 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 328 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \
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| 329 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 330 | echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test')</userinput></screen>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | <para>
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[4472e923] | 333 | When you are done with testing, you can shut down the server, by
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| 334 | issuing as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
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[8753831e] | 335 | </para>
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| 336 |
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| 337 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl stop -D /srv/pgsql/data"</userinput></screen>
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| 338 |
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| 339 | </sect3>
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| 340 |
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[4ab91cd] | 341 | </sect2>
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| 342 |
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| 343 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 344 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <segmentedlist>
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| 347 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 348 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 349 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 350 |
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| 351 | <seglistitem>
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[1a60731f] | 352 | <seg>
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[1aecb6f] | 353 | clusterdb, createdb, createuser, dropdb,
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[edccd1f8] | 354 | dropuser, ecpg, initdb, pg_archivecleanup, pg_basebackup, pg_config,
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| 355 | pg_controldata, pg_ctl, pg_dump, pg_dumpall, pg_isready,
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[1aecb6f] | 356 | pg_receivewal, pg_recvlogical, pg_resetwval, pg_restore, pg_rewind,
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| 357 | pg_test_fsync, pg_test_timing, pg_upgrade, pg_waldump, pgbench,
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[fa30d84] | 358 | postgres, postmaster (deprecated), psql, reindexdb, vacuumdb,
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| 359 | optionally, if Tcl support has been built, pltcl_delmod,
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| 360 | pltcl_listmod, pltcl_loadmod, and optionally (in contrib/) oid2name,
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| 361 | pg_standby, vacuumlo, and many others
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| 362 |
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[1a60731f] | 363 | </seg>
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| 364 | <seg>
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| 365 | libecpg.{so,a}, libecpg_compat.{so,a}, libpgcommon.a, libpgport.a,
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| 366 | libpgtypes.{so,a}, libpq.{so,a}, various charset modules, and
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| 367 | optionally programming language modules under /usr/lib/postgresql
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| 368 | </seg>
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| 369 | <seg>
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| 370 | /usr/include/{libpq,postgresql},
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| 371 | /usr/lib/postgresql,
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[9ad19294] | 372 | /usr/share/{doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;,postgresql}, and
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[1a60731f] | 373 | /srv/pgsql
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| 374 | </seg>
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[4ab91cd] | 375 | </seglistitem>
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| 376 | </segmentedlist>
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| 377 |
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| 378 | <variablelist>
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| 379 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 380 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 381 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 382 |
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| 383 | <varlistentry id="clusterdb">
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| 384 | <term><command>clusterdb</command></term>
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| 385 | <listitem>
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[4472e923] | 386 | <para>
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| 387 | is a utility for reclustering tables in a
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| 388 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.
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| 389 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 390 | <indexterm zone="postgresql clusterdb">
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| 391 | <primary sortas="b-clusterdb">clusterdb</primary>
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| 392 | </indexterm>
|
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| 393 | </listitem>
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| 394 | </varlistentry>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | <varlistentry id="createdb">
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| 397 | <term><command>createdb</command></term>
|
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| 398 | <listitem>
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[4472e923] | 399 | <para>
|
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| 400 | creates a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
|
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| 401 | database.
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| 402 | </para>
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[4ab91cd] | 403 | <indexterm zone="postgresql createdb">
|
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| 404 | <primary sortas="b-createdb">createdb</primary>
|
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| 405 | </indexterm>
|
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| 406 | </listitem>
|
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| 407 | </varlistentry>
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[1aecb6f] | 408 |
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[4ab91cd] | 409 | <varlistentry id="createuser">
|
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| 410 | <term><command>createuser</command></term>
|
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| 411 | <listitem>
|
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[4472e923] | 412 | <para>
|
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| 413 | defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
|
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| 414 | user account.
|
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| 415 | </para>
|
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[4ab91cd] | 416 | <indexterm zone="postgresql createuser">
|
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| 417 | <primary sortas="b-createuser">createuser</primary>
|
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| 418 | </indexterm>
|
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| 419 | </listitem>
|
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| 420 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 421 |
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| 422 | <varlistentry id="dropdb">
|
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| 423 | <term><command>dropdb</command></term>
|
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| 424 | <listitem>
|
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[4472e923] | 425 | <para>
|
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| 426 | removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.
|
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| 427 | </para>
|
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[4ab91cd] | 428 | <indexterm zone="postgresql dropdb">
|
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| 429 | <primary sortas="b-dropdb">dropdb</primary>
|
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| 430 | </indexterm>
|
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| 431 | </listitem>
|
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| 432 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 433 |
|
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| 434 | <varlistentry id="dropuser">
|
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| 435 | <term><command>dropuser</command></term>
|
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| 436 | <listitem>
|
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[4472e923] | 437 | <para>
|
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| 438 | removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> user account.
|
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| 439 | </para>
|
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[4ab91cd] | 440 | <indexterm zone="postgresql dropuser">
|
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| 441 | <primary sortas="b-dropuser">dropuser</primary>
|
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| 442 | </indexterm>
|
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| 443 | </listitem>
|
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| 444 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 445 |
|
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| 446 | <varlistentry id="ecpg">
|
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| 447 | <term><command>ecpg</command></term>
|
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| 448 | <listitem>
|
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[4472e923] | 449 | <para>
|
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| 450 | is the embedded SQL preprocessor.
|
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| 451 | </para>
|
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[4ab91cd] | 452 | <indexterm zone="postgresql ecpg">
|
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| 453 | <primary sortas="b-ecpg">ecpg</primary>
|
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| 454 | </indexterm>
|
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| 455 | </listitem>
|
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| 456 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 457 |
|
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| 458 | <varlistentry id="initdb">
|
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| 459 | <term><command>initdb</command></term>
|
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| 460 | <listitem>
|
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[4472e923] | 461 | <para>
|
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| 462 | creates a new database cluster.
|
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| 463 | </para>
|
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[4ab91cd] | 464 | <indexterm zone="postgresql initdb">
|
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| 465 | <primary sortas="b-initdb">initdb</primary>
|
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| 466 | </indexterm>
|
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| 467 | </listitem>
|
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| 468 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 469 |
|
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[782bf3d0] | 470 | <varlistentry id="oid2name">
|
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| 471 | <term><command>oid2name</command></term>
|
---|
| 472 | <listitem>
|
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[4472e923] | 473 | <para>
|
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| 474 | resolves OIDs (Object IDs) and file nodes in a PostgreSQL data
|
---|
| 475 | directory.
|
---|
| 476 | </para>
|
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[782bf3d0] | 477 | <indexterm zone="postgresql oid2name">
|
---|
| 478 | <primary sortas="b-oid2name">oid2name</primary>
|
---|
| 479 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 480 | </listitem>
|
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| 481 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 482 |
|
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| 483 | <varlistentry id="pg_archivecleanup">
|
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| 484 | <term><command>pg_archivecleanup</command></term>
|
---|
| 485 | <listitem>
|
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[4472e923] | 486 | <para>
|
---|
| 487 | cleans up PostgreSQL WAL (write-ahead log) archive files.
|
---|
| 488 | </para>
|
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[782bf3d0] | 489 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_archivecleanup">
|
---|
| 490 | <primary sortas="b-pg_archivecleanup">pg_archivecleanup</primary>
|
---|
| 491 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 492 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 493 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 494 |
|
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[a2957b7] | 495 | <varlistentry id="pg_basebackup">
|
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| 496 | <term><command>pg_basebackup</command></term>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 497 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 498 | <para>
|
---|
| 499 | takes base backups of a running
|
---|
| 500 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> cluster.
|
---|
| 501 | </para>
|
---|
[a2957b7] | 502 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_basebackup">
|
---|
| 503 | <primary sortas="b-pg_basebackup">pg_basebackup</primary>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 504 | </indexterm>
|
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| 505 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 506 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 507 |
|
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| 508 | <varlistentry id="pg_config">
|
---|
| 509 | <term><command>pg_config</command></term>
|
---|
| 510 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 511 | <para>
|
---|
| 512 | retrieves <application>PostgreSQL</application> version
|
---|
| 513 | information.
|
---|
| 514 | </para>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 515 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_config">
|
---|
| 516 | <primary sortas="b-pg_config">pg_config</primary>
|
---|
| 517 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 518 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 519 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 520 |
|
---|
| 521 | <varlistentry id="pg_controldata">
|
---|
| 522 | <term><command>pg_controldata</command></term>
|
---|
| 523 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 524 | <para>
|
---|
| 525 | returns information initialized during <command>initdb</command>,
|
---|
| 526 | such as the catalog version and server locale.
|
---|
| 527 | </para>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 528 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_controldata">
|
---|
| 529 | <primary sortas="b-pg_controldata">pg_controldata</primary>
|
---|
| 530 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 531 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 532 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 533 |
|
---|
| 534 | <varlistentry id="pg_ctl">
|
---|
| 535 | <term><command>pg_ctl</command></term>
|
---|
| 536 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 537 | <para>
|
---|
| 538 | controls stopping and starting the database server.
|
---|
| 539 | </para>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 540 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_ctl">
|
---|
| 541 | <primary sortas="b-pg_ctl">pg_ctl</primary>
|
---|
| 542 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 543 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 544 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 545 |
|
---|
| 546 | <varlistentry id="pg_dump">
|
---|
| 547 | <term><command>pg_dump</command></term>
|
---|
| 548 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 549 | <para>
|
---|
| 550 | dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are used
|
---|
| 551 | to recreate the database.
|
---|
| 552 | </para>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 553 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dump">
|
---|
| 554 | <primary sortas="b-pg_dump">pg_dump</primary>
|
---|
| 555 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 556 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 557 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 558 |
|
---|
| 559 | <varlistentry id="pg_dumpall">
|
---|
| 560 | <term><command>pg_dumpall</command></term>
|
---|
| 561 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 562 | <para>
|
---|
| 563 | recursively calls <command>pg_dump</command> for each
|
---|
| 564 | database in a cluster.
|
---|
| 565 | </para>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 566 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dumpall">
|
---|
| 567 | <primary sortas="b-pg_dumpall">pg_dumpall</primary>
|
---|
| 568 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 569 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 570 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 571 |
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 572 | <varlistentry id="pg_isready">
|
---|
| 573 | <term><command>pg_isready</command></term>
|
---|
| 574 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 575 | <para>
|
---|
| 576 | checks the connection status of a PostgreSQL server.
|
---|
| 577 | </para>
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 578 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_isready">
|
---|
| 579 | <primary sortas="b-pg_isready">pg_isready</primary>
|
---|
| 580 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 581 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 582 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 583 |
|
---|
[1aecb6f] | 584 | <varlistentry id="pg_receivewal">
|
---|
| 585 | <term><command>pg_receivewal</command></term>
|
---|
[298fee30] | 586 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 587 | <para>
|
---|
[1aecb6f] | 588 | is used to stream write-ahead logs from a PostgreSQL server.
|
---|
[298fee30] | 589 | </para>
|
---|
[1aecb6f] | 590 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_receivewal">
|
---|
| 591 | <primary sortas="b-pg_receivewal">pg_receivewal</primary>
|
---|
[298fee30] | 592 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 593 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 594 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 595 |
|
---|
[0f23f29] | 596 | <varlistentry id="pg_recvlogical">
|
---|
| 597 | <term><command>pg_recvlogical</command></term>
|
---|
| 598 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 599 | <para>
|
---|
| 600 | controls PostgreSQL logical decoding streams.
|
---|
| 601 | </para>
|
---|
[0f23f29] | 602 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_recvlogical">
|
---|
| 603 | <primary sortas="b-pg_recvlogical">pg_recvlogical</primary>
|
---|
| 604 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 605 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 606 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 607 |
|
---|
[1aecb6f] | 608 | <varlistentry id="pg_resetwal">
|
---|
| 609 | <term><command>pg_resetwal</command></term>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 610 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 611 | <para>
|
---|
| 612 | resets the write-ahead log and other control information
|
---|
| 613 | of a PostgreSQL database cluster.
|
---|
| 614 | </para>
|
---|
[1aecb6f] | 615 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_resetwal">
|
---|
| 616 | <primary sortas="b-pg_resetwal">pg_resetwal</primary>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 617 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 618 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 619 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 620 |
|
---|
| 621 | <varlistentry id="pg_restore">
|
---|
| 622 | <term><command>pg_restore</command></term>
|
---|
| 623 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 624 | <para>
|
---|
| 625 | creates databases from dump files created by
|
---|
| 626 | <command>pg_dump</command>.
|
---|
| 627 | </para>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 628 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_restore">
|
---|
| 629 | <primary sortas="b-pg_restore">pg_restore</primary>
|
---|
| 630 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 631 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 632 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 633 |
|
---|
[edccd1f8] | 634 | <varlistentry id="pg_rewind">
|
---|
| 635 | <term><command>pg_rewind</command></term>
|
---|
| 636 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 637 | <para>
|
---|
| 638 | synchronizes a PostgreSQL data directory with another data
|
---|
| 639 | directory that was forked from the first one.
|
---|
| 640 | </para>
|
---|
[edccd1f8] | 641 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_rewind">
|
---|
| 642 | <primary sortas="b-pg_rewind">pg_rewind</primary>
|
---|
| 643 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 644 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 645 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 646 |
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 647 | <varlistentry id="pg_standby">
|
---|
| 648 | <term><command>pg_standby</command></term>
|
---|
| 649 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 650 | <para>
|
---|
| 651 | supports the creation of a PostgreSQL warm standby server.
|
---|
| 652 | </para>
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 653 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_standby">
|
---|
| 654 | <primary sortas="b-pg_standby">pg_standby</primary>
|
---|
| 655 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 656 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 657 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 658 |
|
---|
| 659 | <varlistentry id="pg_test_fsync">
|
---|
| 660 | <term><command>pg_test_fsync</command></term>
|
---|
| 661 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 662 | <para>
|
---|
| 663 | determines fastest wal_sync method for PostgreSQL.
|
---|
| 664 | </para>
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 665 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_fsync">
|
---|
| 666 | <primary sortas="b-pg_test_fsync">pg_test_fsync</primary>
|
---|
| 667 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 668 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 669 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 670 |
|
---|
| 671 | <varlistentry id="pg_test_timing">
|
---|
| 672 | <term><command>pg_test_timing</command></term>
|
---|
| 673 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 674 | <para>
|
---|
| 675 | measures timing overhead.
|
---|
| 676 | </para>
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 677 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_timing">
|
---|
| 678 | <primary sortas="b-pg_test_timing">pg_test_timing</primary>
|
---|
| 679 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 680 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 681 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 682 |
|
---|
| 683 | <varlistentry id="pg_upgrade">
|
---|
| 684 | <term><command>pg_upgrade</command></term>
|
---|
| 685 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 686 | <para>
|
---|
| 687 | upgrades a PostgreSQL server instance.
|
---|
| 688 | </para>
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 689 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_upgrade">
|
---|
| 690 | <primary sortas="b-pg_upgrade">pg_upgrade</primary>
|
---|
| 691 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 692 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 693 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 694 |
|
---|
[1aecb6f] | 695 | <varlistentry id="pg_waldump">
|
---|
| 696 | <term><command>pg_waldump</command></term>
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 697 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 698 | <para>
|
---|
| 699 | displays a human-readable rendering of the write-ahead log of a
|
---|
| 700 | PostgreSQL database cluster.
|
---|
| 701 | </para>
|
---|
[1aecb6f] | 702 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_waldump">
|
---|
| 703 | <primary sortas="b-pg_waldump">pg_waldump</primary>
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 704 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 705 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 706 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 707 |
|
---|
| 708 | <varlistentry id="pgbench">
|
---|
| 709 | <term><command>pgbench</command></term>
|
---|
| 710 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 711 | <para>
|
---|
| 712 | runs a benchmark test on PostgreSQL.
|
---|
| 713 | </para>
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 714 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pgbench">
|
---|
| 715 | <primary sortas="b-pgbench">pgbench</primary>
|
---|
| 716 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 717 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 718 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 719 |
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 720 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_delmod">
|
---|
| 721 | <term><command>pltcl_delmod</command></term>
|
---|
| 722 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 723 | <para>
|
---|
| 724 | is a support script used to delete a module from a
|
---|
| 725 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
---|
| 726 | requires the <ulink
|
---|
| 727 | url="http://flightaware.github.io/Pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
---|
| 728 | package to be installed also.
|
---|
| 729 | </para>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 730 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_delmod">
|
---|
| 731 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_delmod">pltcl_delmod</primary>
|
---|
| 732 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 733 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 734 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 735 |
|
---|
| 736 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_listmod">
|
---|
| 737 | <term><command>pltcl_listmod</command></term>
|
---|
| 738 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 739 | <para>
|
---|
| 740 | is a support script used to list the modules in a
|
---|
| 741 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
---|
| 742 | requires the <ulink
|
---|
| 743 | url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
---|
| 744 | package to be installed also.
|
---|
| 745 | </para>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 746 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_listmod">
|
---|
| 747 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_listmod">pltcl_listmod</primary>
|
---|
| 748 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 749 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 750 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 751 |
|
---|
| 752 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_loadmod">
|
---|
| 753 | <term><command>pltcl_loadmod</command></term>
|
---|
| 754 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 755 | <para>
|
---|
| 756 | is a support script used to load a module into a
|
---|
| 757 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
---|
| 758 | requires the <ulink
|
---|
| 759 | url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
---|
| 760 | package to be installed also.
|
---|
| 761 | </para>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 762 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_loadmod">
|
---|
| 763 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_loadmod">pltcl_loadmod</primary>
|
---|
| 764 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 765 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 766 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 767 |
|
---|
| 768 | <varlistentry id="postgres">
|
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| 769 | <term><command>postgres</command></term>
|
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| 770 | <listitem>
|
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[4472e923] | 771 | <para>
|
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| 772 | is the PostgreSQL database server.
|
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| 773 | </para>
|
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[4ab91cd] | 774 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgres">
|
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| 775 | <primary sortas="b-postgres">postgres</primary>
|
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| 776 | </indexterm>
|
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| 777 | </listitem>
|
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| 778 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 779 |
|
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| 780 | <varlistentry id="postmaster">
|
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| 781 | <term><command>postmaster</command></term>
|
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| 782 | <listitem>
|
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[4472e923] | 783 | <para>
|
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| 784 | (deprecated, a symlink to <command>postgres</command>) is a
|
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| 785 | multi-user database daemon.
|
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| 786 | </para>
|
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[4ab91cd] | 787 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postmaster">
|
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| 788 | <primary sortas="b-postmaster">postmaster</primary>
|
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| 789 | </indexterm>
|
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| 790 | </listitem>
|
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| 791 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 792 |
|
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| 793 | <varlistentry id="psql">
|
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| 794 | <term><command>psql</command></term>
|
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| 795 | <listitem>
|
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[4472e923] | 796 | <para>
|
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| 797 | is a console based database shell.
|
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| 798 | </para>
|
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[4ab91cd] | 799 | <indexterm zone="postgresql psql">
|
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| 800 | <primary sortas="b-psql">psql</primary>
|
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| 801 | </indexterm>
|
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| 802 | </listitem>
|
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| 803 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 804 |
|
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[aaeca54] | 805 | <varlistentry id="reindexdb">
|
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| 806 | <term><command>reindexdb</command></term>
|
---|
| 807 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 808 | <para>
|
---|
| 809 | is a utility for rebuilding indexes in a database.
|
---|
| 810 | </para>
|
---|
[621a551] | 811 | <indexterm zone="postgresql reindexdb">
|
---|
| 812 | <primary sortas="b-reindexdb">reindexdb</primary>
|
---|
[aaeca54] | 813 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 814 | </listitem>
|
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| 815 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 816 |
|
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[4ab91cd] | 817 | <varlistentry id="vacuumdb">
|
---|
| 818 | <term><command>vacuumdb</command></term>
|
---|
| 819 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 820 | <para>
|
---|
| 821 | compacts databases and generates statistics for the query analyzer.
|
---|
| 822 | </para>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 823 | <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumdb">
|
---|
| 824 | <primary sortas="b-vacuumdb">vacuumdb</primary>
|
---|
| 825 | </indexterm>
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 826 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 827 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 828 |
|
---|
| 829 | <varlistentry id="vacuumlo">
|
---|
| 830 | <term><command>vacuumlo</command></term>
|
---|
| 831 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 832 | <para>
|
---|
| 833 | removes orphaned large objects from a PostgreSQL database.
|
---|
| 834 | </para>
|
---|
[782bf3d0] | 835 | <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumlo">
|
---|
| 836 | <primary sortas="b-vacuumlo">vacuumlo</primary>
|
---|
| 837 | </indexterm>
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 838 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 839 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 840 |
|
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[76acb620] | 841 | <varlistentry id="libecpg">
|
---|
| 842 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
---|
| 843 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 844 | <para>
|
---|
| 845 | contains functions to support embedded SQL in C programs.
|
---|
| 846 | </para>
|
---|
[76acb620] | 847 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg">
|
---|
| 848 | <primary sortas="c-libecpg">libecpg.{so,a}</primary>
|
---|
| 849 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 850 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 851 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 852 |
|
---|
| 853 | <varlistentry id="libecpg_compat">
|
---|
| 854 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg_compat.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
---|
| 855 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 856 | <para>
|
---|
| 857 | is the ecpg compatibility library.
|
---|
| 858 | </para>
|
---|
[76acb620] | 859 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg_compat">
|
---|
| 860 | <primary sortas="c-libecpg_compat">libecpg_compat.{so,a}</primary>
|
---|
| 861 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 862 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 863 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 864 |
|
---|
| 865 | <varlistentry id="libgport">
|
---|
| 866 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgport.a</filename></term>
|
---|
| 867 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 868 | <para>
|
---|
| 869 | is the port-specific subsystem of the Postgres backend.
|
---|
| 870 | </para>
|
---|
[76acb620] | 871 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libgport">
|
---|
| 872 | <primary sortas="c-libgport">libgport.a</primary>
|
---|
| 873 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 874 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 875 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 876 |
|
---|
| 877 | <varlistentry id="libpgtypes">
|
---|
| 878 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpgtypes.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
---|
| 879 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 880 | <para>
|
---|
| 881 | contains functions for dealing with Postgres data types.
|
---|
| 882 | </para>
|
---|
[76acb620] | 883 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libpgtypes">
|
---|
| 884 | <primary sortas="c-libpgtypes">libpgtypes.{so,a}</primary>
|
---|
| 885 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 886 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 887 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 888 |
|
---|
| 889 | <varlistentry id="libpq">
|
---|
| 890 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpq.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
---|
| 891 | <listitem>
|
---|
[4472e923] | 892 | <para>
|
---|
| 893 | is the C programmer's API to Postgres.
|
---|
| 894 | </para>
|
---|
[76acb620] | 895 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libpq">
|
---|
| 896 | <primary sortas="c-libpq">libpq.{so,a}</primary>
|
---|
| 897 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 898 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 899 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 900 |
|
---|
[4ab91cd] | 901 | </variablelist>
|
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| 902 |
|
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| 903 | </sect2>
|
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[458342f] | 904 |
|
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| 905 | </sect1>
|
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