-PostgreSQL Installation Instructions
-
-Table of Contents
-Short Version
-Requirements
-If You Are Upgrading
-Installation Procedure
-Post-Installation Setup
-Getting Started
-What Now?
-Supported Platforms
+ PostgreSQL Installation Instructions
Short Version
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test
+
The long version is the rest of this document.
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* The GNU Readline library for comfortable line editing and command
history retrieval will automatically be used if found. You might wish
- to install it before proceeding, but it is not required.
+ to install it before proceeding, but it is not required. (On NetBSD,
+ the libedit library is readline-compatible and is used if libreadline
+ is not found.)
* Flex and Bison are not required when building from a released source
package because the output files are pre-generated. You will need these
pg_dumpall > outputfile
If you need to preserve the OIDs (such as when using them as foreign
- keys), then use the -o option when running pg_dumpall.
+ keys), then use the -o option when running pg_dumpall. pg_dumpall does
+ not save large objects. Check the Administrator's Guide if you need to
+ do this.
Make sure that you use the pg_dumpall command from the version you are
- currently running. 7.1devel's pg_dumpall should not be used on older
+ currently running. 7.1's pg_dumpall should not be used on older
databases.
3. If you are installing the new version at the same location as the old
yourself, for example by typing ps ax | grep postmaster, and supply it
to the kill command.
- On systems which have PostgreSQL started at boot time, there is
- probably a start-up file that will accomplish the same thing. For
- example, on a Red Hat Linux system one might find that
+ On systems that have PostgreSQL started at boot time, there is probably
+ a start-up file that will accomplish the same thing. For example, on a
+ Red Hat Linux system one might find that
/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql stop
mv /usr/local/pgsql /usr/local/pgsql.old
-After you have installed PostgreSQL 7.1devel, create a new database
-directory and start the new server. Remember that you must execute these
-commands while logged in to the special database user account (which you
-already have if you are upgrading).
+After you have installed PostgreSQL 7.1, create a new database directory and
+start the new server. Remember that you must execute these commands while
+logged in to the special database user account (which you already have if
+you are upgrading).
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
to make sure that your OpenSSL installation is sufficient before
proceeding.
+ --with-java
+
+ Build the JDBC driver and associated Java packages. This option
+ requires Ant to be installed (as well as a JDK, of course). Refer
+ to the JDBC driver documentation in the Programmer's Guide for
+ more information.
+
--enable-syslog
Enables the PostgreSQL server to use the syslog logging facility.
Compiles all programs and libraries with debugging symbols. This
means that you can run the programs through a debugger to analyze
- problems. This option is not recommended for production use.
+ problems. This enlarges the size of the installed executables
+ considerably, and on non-gcc compilers it usually also disables
+ compiler optimization, causing slowdowns. However, having the
+ symbols available is extremely helpful for dealing with any
+ problems that may arise. Currently, this option is considered of
+ marginal value for production installations, but you should have
+ it on if you are doing development work or running a beta version.
+
+ --enable-cassert
+
+ Enables assertion checks in the server, which test for many "can't
+ happen" conditions. This is invaluable for code development
+ purposes, but the tests slow things down a little. Also, having
+ the tests turned on won't necessarily enhance the stability of
+ your server! The assertion checks are not categorized for
+ severity, and so what might be a relatively harmless bug will
+ still lead to postmaster restarts if it triggers an assertion
+ failure. Currently, this option is not recommended for production
+ use, but you should have it on for development work or when
+ running a beta version.
If you prefer a C or C++ compiler different from the one configure
picks then you can set the environment variables CC and CXX,
other directories where Perl or Python can find them, but how to do
that is left as an exercise.
+ The standard install installs only the header files needed for client
+ application development. If you plan to do any server-side program
+ development (such as custom functions or datatypes written in C), then
+ you may want to install the entire PostgreSQL include tree into your
+ target include directory. To do that, enter
+
+ gmake install-all-headers
+
+ This adds a megabyte or two to the install footprint, and is only
+ useful if you don't plan to keep the whole source tree around for
+ reference. (If you do, you can just use the source's include directory
+ when building server-side software.)
+
Client-only installation. If you want to install only the client
- applications and interfaces, then you can use these commands:
+ applications and interface libraries, then you can use these commands:
gmake -C src/bin install
gmake -C src/interfaces install
* The Tutorial should be your first reading if you are completely new to
SQL databases. It should have been installed at
- /usr/local/pgsql/doc/html/tutorial.htm unless you changed the
+ /usr/local/pgsql/doc/html/tutorial.html unless you changed the
installation directories.
* If you are familiar with database concepts then you want to proceed
with the Administrator's Guide, which contains information about how to
set up the database server, database users, and authentication. It can
- be found at /usr/local/pgsql/doc/html/admin.htm.
+ be found at /usr/local/pgsql/doc/html/admin.html.
* Usually, you will want to modify your computer so that it will
automatically start the database server whenever it boots. Some
supported platform, please write to
or , not to the people listed here.
- OS Processor Version Reported Remarks
- AIX 4.3.2 RS6000 7.0 2000-04-05, Andread Zeugswetter See also
- BSDI 4.01 x86 7.0 2000-04-04, Bruce Momjian
- Compaq Tru64 Alpha 7.0 2000-04-11, Andrew McMurry
- FreeBSD 4.0 x86 7.0 2000-04-04, Marc Fournier
- ()
- HPUX 9.0x andPA-RISC 7.0 2000-04-12, Tom Lane See also
- 10.20 () doc/FAQ_HPUX
- IRIX 6.5.6f MIPS 6.5.3 2000-02-18, Kevin Wheatley MIPSPro
- () 7.3.1.1m N32
- build
- Linux 2.0.x Alpha 7.0 2000-04-05, Ryan Kirkpatrick with published
- Linux 2.2.x armv4l 7.0 2000-04-17, Mark Knox Regression
- () test needs
- work.
- Linux 2.2.x x86 7.0 2000-03-26, Lamar Owen
- ()
- Linux 2.0.x MIPS 7.0 2000-04-13, Tatsuo Ishii Cobalt Qube
- ()
- Linux 2.2.5 Sparc 7.0 2000-04-02, Tom Szybist
- ()
- LinuxPPC R4 PPC603e 7.0 2000-04-13, Tatsuo Ishii
- ()
- mklinux PPC750 7.0 2000-04-13, Tatsuo Ishii
- ()
- NetBSD 1.4 arm32 7.0 2000-04-08, Patrick Welche
- NetBSD 1.4U x86 7.0 2000-03-26, Patrick Welche
- NetBSD m68k 7.0 2000-04-10, Henry B. Hotz Mac 8xx
- ()
- NetBSD Sparc 7.0 2000-04-13, Tom I. Helbekkmo
- ()
- QNX 4.25 x86 7.0 2000-04-01, Dr. Andreas Kardos See also
- () doc/FAQ_QNX4
- SCO x86 6.5 1999-05-25, Andrew Merrill See also
- OpenServer 5 (
) doc/FAQ_SCO- SCO UnixWare x86 7.0 2000-04-18, Billy G. Allie See also
- 7 () doc/FAQ_SCO
- Solaris x86 7.0 2000-04-12, Marc Fournier
- ()
- Solaris Sparc 7.0 2000-04-12, Peter Eisentraut
- 2.5.1-2.7 (
), Marc Fournier- ()
- SunOS 4.1.4 Sparc 7.0 2000-04-13, Tatsuo Ishii
- ()
- Windows/Win32x86 7.0 2000-04-02, Magnus Hagander Client-side
- () libraries or
- ODBC/JDBC, no
- server-side
- WinNT/Cygwin x86 7.0 2000-03-30, Daniel Horak with
- () RedHat/Cygnus
- Cygwin toolset
+ OS Processor Version Reported Remarks
+ AIX 4.3.3RS6000 7.1 2001-03-21, Gilles Darold see also
+ () doc/FAQ_AIX
+ BeOS x86 7.1 2001-02-26, Cyril Velter requires new
+ 5.0.4 () BONE networking
+ stack
+ BSD/OS x86 7.1 2001-03-20, Bruce Momjian
+ Compaq Alpha 7.1 2001-03-26, Adriaan Joubert 4.0-5.0, cc and
+ UNIX
+ FreeBSD x86 7.1 2001-03-19, Vince Vielhaber
+ 4.3 ()
+ HP/UX PA-RISC 7.1 2001-03-19, 10.20 Tom Lane 32- and 64-bit
+ (), 2001-03-22, on 11.00; see
+ 11.00, 11i Giles Lean also
+ () doc/FAQ_HPUX
+ IRIX MIPS 7.1 2001-03-22, Robert Bruccoleri 32-bit
+ 6.5.11 () compilation
+ model
+ Linux Alpha 7.1 2001-01-23, Ryan Kirkpatrick
+ Linux armv4l 7.1 2001-02-22, Mark Knox
+ 2.2.x ()
+ Linux MIPS 7.1 2001-03-30, Dominic Eidson Cobalt Qube
+ 2.0.x ()
+ Linux PPC74xx 7.1 2001-03-19, Tom Lane Apple G3
+ 2.2.18 ()
+ Linux S/390 7.1 2000-11-17, Neale Ferguson
+ ()
+ Linux Sparc 7.1 2001-01-30, Ryan Kirkpatrick
+ Linux x86 7.1 2001-03-19, Thomas Lockhart 2.0.x, 2.2.x,
+ () 2.4.2
+ MacOS X PPC 7.1 2000-12-11, Peter Bierman Darwin (only)
+ (), 2000-12-11, Beta-2 or higher
+ NetBSD Alpha 7.1 2001-03-22, Giles Lean
+ 1.5 ()
+ NetBSD arm32 7.1 2001-03-21, Patrick Welche
+ NetBSD m68k 7.0 2000-04-10, Henry B. Hotz Mac 8xx
+ ()
+ NetBSD PPC 7.1 2001-04-05, Henry B. Hotz Mac G4
+ ()
+ NetBSD Sparc 7.1 2000-04-05, Matthew Green 32- and 64-bit
+ () builds
+ NetBSD VAX 7.1 2001-03-30, Tom I. Helbekkmo
+ 1.5 ()
+ NetBSD x86 7.1 2001-03-23, Giles Lean
+ 1.5 ()
+ OpenBSD Sparc 7.1 2001-03-23, Brandon Palmer
+ 2.8 ()
+ OpenBSD x86 7.1 2001-03-21, Brandon Palmer
+ 2.8 ()
+ SCO x86 7.1 2001-03-19, Larry Rosenman UDK FS compiler;
+ UnixWare () see also
+ 7.1.1 doc/FAQ_SCO
+ Solaris Sparc 7.1 2001-03-22, Marc Fournier see also
+ 2.7-8 (), 2001-03-25, doc/FAQ_Solaris
+ Justin Clift ()
+ Solaris x86 7.1 2001-03-27, Mathijs Brands see also
+ 2.8 () doc/FAQ_Solaris
+ SunOS Sparc 7.1 2001-03-23, Tatsuo Ishii
+ 4.1.4 ()
+ Windows x86 7.1 2001-03-16, Jason Tishler with Cygwin
+ NT/2000 () toolset, see
+ with doc/FAQ_MSWIN
+ Cygwin
Unsupported Platforms. The following platforms have not been verified to
work. Platforms listed for version 6.3.x and later should also work with
-7.1devel, but we did not receive explicit confirmation of such at the time
-this list was compiled. We include these here to let you know that these
+7.1, but we did not receive explicit confirmation of such at the time this
+list was compiled. We include these here to let you know that these
platforms could be supported if given some attention.
- OS Processor Version Reported Remarks
- BeOS x86 7.0 2000-05-01, Adam Haberlach Client-side
- DGUX m88k 6.3 1998-03-01, Brian E Gallew 6.4 probably
- 5.4R4.11 () OK. Needs new
- maintainer.
- NetBSD 1.3VAX 6.3 1998-03-01, Tom I Helbekkmo 7.0 should
- () work.
- System V m88k 6.2.1 1998-03-01, Doug Winterburn Needs new TAS
- R4 4.4 (
) spinlock code- System V MIPS 6.4 1998-10-28, Frank Ridderbusch No 64-bit
- R4 () integer
- Ultrix MIPS, VAX 6.x 1998-03-01 No recent
- reports.
- Obsolete?
- MacOS all 6.x 1998-03-01 Not library
- compatible;
- use ODBC/JDBC.
- NextStep x86 6.x 1998-03-01, David Wetzel Client-only
- () support
+ OS Processor VersionReported Remarks
+ DGUX m88k 6.3 1998-03-01, Brian E Gallew 6.4 probably OK
+ 5.4R4.11 ()
+ MkLinux DR1 PPC750 7.0 2001-04-03, Tatsuo Ishii 7.1 needs OS
+ () update?
+ NextStep x86 6.x 1998-03-01, David Wetzel bit rot
+ () suspected
+ QNX 4.25 x86 7.0 2000-04-01, Dr. Andreas Spinlock code
+ Kardos needs work. See
+ () also
+ doc/FAQ_QNX4.
+ SCO x86 6.5 1999-05-25, Andrew Merrill 7.1 should work,
+ OpenServer (
) but no reports;+ 5 see also
+ doc/FAQ_SCO
+ System V R4 m88k 6.2.1 1998-03-01, Doug Winterburn needs new TAS
+ System V R4 MIPS 6.4 1998-10-28, Frank no 64-bit
+ Ridderbusch integer
+ ()
+ Ultrix MIPS 7.1 2001-03-26 TAS spinlock
+ code not
+ detected
+ Ultrix VAX 6.x 1998-03-01 No recent
+ reports.
+ Obsolete?
+ Windows 9x, x86 7.1 2001-03-26, Magnus Hagander client-side
+ ME, NT, () libraries (libpq
+ 2000 and psql) or
+ (native) ODBC/JDBC, no
+ server-side; see
+ Administrator's
+ Guide for
+ instructions
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