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@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ POSTGRESQL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS |
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Copyright (c) 1997 Regents of the University of California |
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This is file /usr/src/pgsql/INSTALL. It contains notes on how to install |
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PostgreSQL v6.3. Up to date information on PostgreSQL may be found at |
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PostgreSQL v6.3.1. Up to date information on PostgreSQL may be found at |
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http://www.postgresql.org. |
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PostgreSQL is an RDBMS database server. It is not completely ANSI SQL |
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@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ You should have at least 8 MB of memory and at least 45 MB of disk space |
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to hold the source, binaries, and user databases. After installation |
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you may reduce this to about 3 Mbytes plus space for user databases. |
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To those upgrading from PostgreSQL 6.3: |
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A dump/restore is NOT required for those running 6.3. A |
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'make distclean', 'make', and 'make install' is all that is required. |
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This last step should be performed while the postmaster is not running. |
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You should re-link any custom applications that use PostgreSQL libraries. |
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To those doing a fresh install or upgrading from previous releases of |
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PostgreSQL: |
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@ -110,7 +119,7 @@ PostgreSQL: |
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To check for disk space, use command "df -k". |
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4) Ftp file ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.3.tar.gz from the |
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4) Ftp file ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.3.1.tar.gz from the |
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Internet. Store it in your home directory. |
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5) Some platforms use flex. If your system uses flex then make sure |
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step. Type (with the gunzip line and the following line typed as one |
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line): |
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cd |
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gunzip -c postgresql-v6.3.tar.gz | |
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gunzip -c postgresql-v6.3.1.tar.gz | |
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tar xvf - src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall |
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chmod a+x src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall |
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src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall > db.out |
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10) Unzip and untar the new source file. Type |
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cd /usr/src/pgsql |
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gunzip -c ~/postgresql-v6.3.tar.gz | tar xvf - |
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gunzip -c ~/postgresql-v6.3.1.tar.gz | tar xvf - |
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11) Configure the source code for your system. It is this step at which |
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you can specify your actual source path and installation paths for |
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PostgreSQL. |
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For a i686/Linux-ELF platform, no tests failed since this is the |
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v6.3 regression testing reference platform. |
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v6.3.1 regression testing reference platform. |
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For the SPARC/Linux-ELF platform, using the 970525 beta version of |
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PostgreSQL v6.2 the following tests "failed": |
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e-mail us a copy of your shell script. We would like to set up |
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our own systems to do this too.) |
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23) If you are upgrading an existing system then install your old database. |
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23) If you are upgrading an existing system then reload your old database. |
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Type |
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cd |
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psql -e template1 < db.out |
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rm -rf /usr/local/pgsql_6_0 |
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# Also delete old database directory tree if it is not in |
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# /usr/local/pgsql_6_0/data |
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rm ~/postgresql-v6.3.tar.gz |
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rm ~/postgresql-v6.3.1.tar.gz |
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26) You will probably want to print out the documentation. Here is how |
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you might do it if you have Ghostscript on your system and are |
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supported platforms. We therefore ask you to let us know if you did |
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or did not get PostgreSQL to work on you system. Please send a |
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mail message to pgsql-ports@postgresql.org telling us the following: |
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- The version of PostgreSQL (v6.3, 6.2.1, beta 970703, etc.). |
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- The version of PostgreSQL (v6.3.1, 6.2.1, beta 970703, etc.). |
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- Your operating system (i.e. RedHat v4.0 Linux v2.0.26). |
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- Your hardware (SPARC, i486, etc.). |
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- Did you compile, install and run the regression tests cleanly? |
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Bruce Momjian
28 years ago