%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar postgresql PostgreSQL PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), derived from the Berkeley Postgres database management system. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &postgresql-md5sum; Download size: &postgresql-size; Estimated disk space required: &postgresql-buildsize; Estimated build time: &postgresql-time; PostgreSQL Dependencies Optional , , , , krb4, or , and Bonjour Optional (To Regenerate Documentation) , , , and Install PostgreSQL with the following commands: sed -i "s|dsssl-stylesheets|& \\\\\n sgml/docbook/&-&docbook-dsssl-version;|" \ configure && ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-thread-safety && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install && chown -v root:root /usr/share/doc/postgresql/html/* && install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/postgresql/{FAQ/html,TODO.detail} && install -v -m644 doc/TODO /usr/share/doc/postgresql && install -v -m644 doc/FAQ* /usr/share/doc/postgresql/FAQ && install -v -m644 doc/src/FAQ/* /usr/share/doc/postgresql/FAQ/html && install -v -m644 doc/TODO.detail/* \ /usr/share/doc/postgresql/TODO.detail If you are upgrading an existing system and are going to install the new files over the old ones, then you should back up your data, shut down the old server and follow the instructions in the official PostgreSQL documentation. Initialize a database cluster with the following commands issued by the root user: install -v -m755 -d /srv/pgsql/data && groupadd -g 41 postgres && useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data \ -u 41 postgres && chown -v postgres /srv/pgsql/data && su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/data' As the root user, start the database server with the following command: su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postmaster -D /srv/pgsql/data > \ /srv/pgsql/data/logfile 2>&1 &' Still as user root, create a database and verify the installation: su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test' && echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \ | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') && echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \ | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') && echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \ | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') && echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \ | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') && echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test') sed -i "s|dsssl-stylesheets|...": This command puts an extra line in the configure script so that the BLFS installed version of the DSSSL stylesheets are discovered. --enable-thread-safety: This switch makes the client libraries thread-safe by allowing concurrent threads in libpq and ECPG programs to safely control their private connection handles. chown -R root:root /usr/share/doc/postgresql/html/*: This command corrects the improper ownership of documentation files. groupadd ...; useradd ...: These commands add an unprivileged user and group to run the database server. createdb test; create table t1; insert into t1 values...; select * from t1: Create a database, add a table to it, insert some rows into the table and select them to verify that the installation is working properly. $PGDATA/pg_ident.con, $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf and $PGDATA/postgresql.conf $PGDATA/pg_indent.con $PGDATA/pg_hba_conf $PGDATA/postgresql.conf The PGDATA environment variable is used to distinguish database clusters from one another by setting it to the value of the directory which contains the cluster desired. The three configuration files exist in every PGDATA/ directory. Details on the format of the files and the options that can be set in each can be found in . Install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql init script included in the package. postgresql make install-postgresql Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories clusterdb, createdb, createlang, createuser, dropdb, droplang, dropuser, ecpg, initdb, ipcclean, pg_config, pg_controldata, pg_ctl, pg_dump, pg_dumpall, pg_resetxlog, pg_restore, pltcl_delmod, pltcl_listmod, pltcl_loadmod, postgres, postmaster, psql, and vacuumdb libecpg.[so,a], libecpg_compat.[so,a], libpgport.a, libpgtypes.[so,a], libpq.[so,a], and various charset modules. /srv/pgsql, /usr/include/libpq, /usr/include/postgresql, /usr/lib/postgresql, /usr/share/doc/postgresql, and /usr/share/postgresql Short Descriptions clusterdb is a utility for reclustering tables in a PostgreSQL database. clusterdb createdb creates a new PostgreSQL database. createdb createlang defines a new PostgreSQL procedural language. createlang createuser defines a new PostgreSQL user account. createuser dropdb removes a PostgreSQL database. dropdb droplang removes a PostgreSQL procedural language. droplang dropuser removes a PostgreSQL user account. dropuser ecpg is the embedded SQL preprocessor. ecpg initdb creates a new database cluster. initdb ipcclean removes shared memory and semaphores left over by an aborted database server. ipcclean pg_config retrieves PostgreSQL version information. pg_config pg_controldata returns information initialized during initdb, such as the catalog version and server locale. pg_controldata pg_ctl controls stopping and starting the database server. pg_ctl pg_dump dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are used to recreate the database. pg_dump pg_dumpall recursively calls pg_dump for each database in a cluster. pg_dumpall pg_resetxlog clears the write-ahead log and optionally resets some fields in the pg_control file. pg_resetxlog pg_restore creates databases from dump files created by pg_dump. pg_restore pltcl_delmod is a support script used to delete a module from a PL/Tcl table. The command requires the Pgtcl package to be installed also. pltcl_delmod pltcl_listmod is a support script used to list the modules in a PL/Tcl table. The command requires the Pgtcl package to be installed also. pltcl_listmod pltcl_loadmod is a support script used to load a module into a PL/Tcl table. The command requires the Pgtcl package to be installed also. pltcl_loadmod postgres is a single user database server, generally used for debugging. postgres postmaster is a multi-user database daemon. postmaster psql is a console based database shell. psql vacuumdb compacts databases and generates statistics for the query analyzer. vacuumdb