Before you start
Installation Procedure
- Installation instructions for PostgreSQL 7.0.0.
+ Installation instructions for PostgreSQL 7.0.
Commands were tested on RedHat Linux version 5.2 using the bash shell.
Except where noted, they will probably work on most systems. Commands like
If you haven't gotten the PostgreSQL distribution, get it from
ftp.postgresql.org, then unpack it:
-$ gunzip postgresql-7.0.0.tar.gz
-$ tar -xf postgresql-7.0.0.tar
-$ mv postgresql-7.0.0 /usr/src
+$ gunzip postgresql-7.0.tar.gz
+$ tar -xf postgresql-7.0.tar
+$ mv postgresql-7.0 /usr/src
Again, these commands might differ on your system.
* You probably want to install the man and HTML documentation. Type
- $ cd /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0.0/doc
+ $ cd /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0/doc
$ gmake install
This will install files under /usr/local/pgsql/doc.
verify that PostgreSQL runs on your machine in the way the developers
expected it to. You should definitely do this before putting a server
into production use. The file
- /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0.0/src/test/regress/README has detailed
+ /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0/src/test/regress/README has detailed
instructions for running and interpreting the regression tests.
Installation instructions for
get it from
ftp.postgresql.org,
then unpack it:
-$ gunzip postgresql-7.0.0.tar.gz
-$ tar -xf postgresql-7.0.0.tar
-$ mv postgresql-7.0.0 /usr/src
+$ gunzip postgresql-7.0.tar.gz
+$ tar -xf postgresql-7.0.tar
+$ mv postgresql-7.0 /usr/src
Again, these commands might differ on your system.
You probably want to install the
man and
-$ cd /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0.0/doc
+$ cd /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0/doc
$ gmake install
This will install files under /usr/local/pgsql/doc.
Run the regression tests. The regression tests are a test suite to verify that
PostgreSQL runs on your machine in the way the developers expected it to.
You should definitely do this before putting a server into production use.
-The file /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0.0/src/test/regress/README
+The file /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0/src/test/regress/README
has detailed
instructions for running and interpreting the regression tests.