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Postgresql Installation

This document provides a step-by-step guide for installing PostgreSQL from source on a Ubuntu system. It includes instructions for downloading the source code, installing necessary libraries, creating a PostgreSQL user, setting up environment variables, initializing the data directory, and starting the PostgreSQL service. Additionally, it concludes with a command to check the database connection.

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Postgresql Installation

This document provides a step-by-step guide for installing PostgreSQL from source on a Ubuntu system. It includes instructions for downloading the source code, installing necessary libraries, creating a PostgreSQL user, setting up environment variables, initializing the data directory, and starting the PostgreSQL service. Additionally, it concludes with a command to check the database connection.

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1)Download Postgresql source code and unzip the tar file

#Login to the sudo user

sudo su -

#Download source code

wget https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v9.5.15/postgresql-9.5.15.tar.gz

tar -xvzf postgresql-9.5.15.tar.gz

2)Install needed libraries

sudo apt update

sudo apt-get install gcc

sudo apt install libreadline-dev

sudo apt install zlib1g-dev

sudo apt intall make

3)Start installation from source Code

#Run below commands for installation

cd postgresql-9.5.15

./Configure && make && make install

4)Create postgres user and data directory

#Create postgres user

adduser postgres

#change from default from shell to bash

sudo usermod -s /bin/bash postgres

#Create postgres folder

mkdir /home/postgres

#To create the default settings in a new user's home directory

sudo cp -a /etc/skel/. /home/postgres

#Setting ownershi & permissions

sudo chown -R postgres:postgres /home/postgres/

sudo chmod -R 755 /home/postgres

5)Create Data directory and assign postgres ownership

mkdir -p /cluster/data

chown -R postgres:postgres /cluster/data


6)Setup basic environment variables

su - postgres

vi ~/.profile

#Add end of the line

export PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/bin:$PATH

export PGDATA=/cluster/data

export PGUSER=postgres

export PGPORT=5432

export PGDATABASE=postgres

#Execute below command

source ~/.profile

7)Initialize the data directory and start the PostgreSQL service:

initdb -D /cluster/data

pg_ctl -D /cluster/data -l logfile start

8)Check database connection

psql -p 5432

Ref: https://nestcode.co/en/blog/install-postgresql-13-from-source-in-ubuntu-204

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