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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 v6.4. 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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compliant, but with each release it gets closer.
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PostgreSQL, formerly called Postgres95, is a derivative of Postgres 4.2
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(the last release of the UC Berkeley research project). For copyright
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terms for PostgreSQL, please see the file named COPYRIGHT. This version
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was developed by a team of developers on the Postgres developers mailing
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list. Version 1 (through 1.01) was developed by Jolly Chen and Andrew Yu.
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The installation notes below assume the following (except where noted):
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- Commands are Unix-compatible. See note below.
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- Defaults are used except where noted.
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- User postgres is the Postgres superuser.
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- The source path is /usr/src/pgsql (other paths are possible).
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- The runtime path is /usr/local/pgsql (other paths are possible).
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Commands were tested on RedHat Linux version 4.0 using the bash shell.
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Except where noted, they will probably work on most systems. Commands
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like ps and tar vary wildly on what options you should use on each
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platform. USE COMMON SENSE before typing in these commands.
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Our Makefiles require GNU make (called gmake in this document) and
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also assume that "install" accepts BSD options. The INSTALL
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variable in the Makefiles is set to the BSD-compatible version of
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install. On some systems, you will have to find a BSD-compatible
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install command (eg. bsdinst, which comes with the MIT X Window System
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distribution)
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REQUIREMENTS TO RUN POSTGRESQL
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------------------------------
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PostgreSQL has been tested on the following platforms:
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aix IBM on AIX 3.2.5 or 4.x
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alpha DEC Alpha AXP on Digital Unix 2.0, 3.2, 4.0
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BSD44_derived OSs derived from 4.4-lite BSD (NetBSD, FreeBSD)
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bsdi BSD/OS 2.0, 2.01, 2.1, 3.0
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dgux DG/UX 5.4R4.11
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hpux HP PA-RISC on HP-UX 9.0, 10
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i386_solaris i386 Solaris
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irix5 SGI MIPS on IRIX 5.3
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linux Intel x86 on Linux 2.0 and Linux ELF
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SPARC on Linux ELF
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PPC on Linux ELF
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(For non-ELF Linux, see LINUX_ELF below).
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sco SCO 3.2v5
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sparc_solaris SUN SPARC on Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1
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sunos4 SUN SPARC on SunOS 4.1.3
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svr4 Intel x86 on Intel SVR4 and MIPS
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ultrix4 DEC MIPS on Ultrix 4.4
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PostgreSQL has known problems/bugs on the following platforms:
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nextstep Motorola MC68K or Intel x86 on NeXTSTEP 3.2
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PostgreSQL is also known to work on a number of other platforms that the
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authors have not personally tested.
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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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----------------------------------------
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A dump/restore is required for those running 6.3.*. pg_dumpall can help
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with this task.
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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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----------------------------------------------
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1) Read any last minute information and platform specific porting
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notes. There are some platform specific notes at the end of this
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file for Ultrix4.x, Linux, BSD/OS and NeXT. There are other
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files in directory /usr/src/pgsql/doc, including files FAQ-Irix
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and FAQ-Linux. Also look in directory ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub.
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If there is a file called INSTALL in this directory then this
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file will contain the latest installation information.
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Please note that a "tested" platform in the list given earlier
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simply means that someone went to the effort at some point of making
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sure that a PostgreSQL distribution would compile and run on this
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platform without modifying the code. Since the current developers
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will not have access to all of these platforms, some of them may not
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compile cleanly and pass the regression tests in the current
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release due to minor problems. Any such known problems and their
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solutions will be posted in ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/INSTALL.
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2) Create account postgres if it does not already exist.
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3) Log into account postgres.
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3a) Check that you have sufficient disk space. You will need about
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17 Mbytes for /usr/src/pgsql, about 2 Mbytes for /usr/local/pgsql
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(excluding your database) and 1 Mbyte for an empty database.
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For the regression tests, you will need an extra 20 Mbytes.
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You will also need about 3 Mbytes for the distribution tar file.
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We therefore recommend that during installation and testing you
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have well over 20 Mbytes free under /usr/local and another 5 MB
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free on the disk partition containing your database. Once you
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delete the source files, tar file and regression database, you
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will need 2 Mbytes for /usr/local/pgsql, 1 Mbyte for the empty
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database, plus about five times the space you would require to
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store your database data in a flat file.
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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-6.4.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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you have a good version. Type
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flex --version
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If the flex command is not found then you probably do not need it.
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If the version is 2.5.2 or 2.5.4 or greater then you are okay. If it
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is 2.5.3 or before 2.5.2 then you will have to upgrade flex. You may
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get it at ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/flex-2.5.4.tar.gz.
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If you need flex and don't have it or have the wrong version, then
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you will be told so when you attempt to compile the program. Feel
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free to skip this step if you aren't sure you need it. If you do
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need it then you will be told to install/upgrade flex when you try to
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compile.
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To install it, type the following:
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cd
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gunzip -c flex-2.5.4.tar.gz | tar xvf -
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cd flex-2.5.4
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configure --prefix=/usr
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make
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make check
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# You must be root when typing the next line.
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make install
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cd
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rm -rf flex-2.5.4
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This will update files /usr/man/man1/flex.1, /usr/bin/flex,
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/usr/lib/libfl.a, /usr/include/FlexLexer.h and will add link
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/usr/bin/flex++ which points to flex.
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6) If you are upgrading an existing system then back up your database.
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For alpha- and beta-level releases, the database format is liable
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to change often every few weeks with no notice besides a quick comment
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in the HACKERS mailing list. Full releases always require a dump/reload
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from previous releases. It is therefore a bad idea to skip this
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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-6.4.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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rm -rf src
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If you wish to preserve object id's (oids), then use the -o
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option when running pg_dumpall. However, unless you have a
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special reason for doing this, don't do it.
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If the pg_dumpall command seems to take a long time and you think
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it might have died, then, from another terminal, use "ls -l db.out"
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several times to see if the size of the file is growing.
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Please note that if you are upgrading from a version prior to
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Postgres95 v1.09 then you must back up your database, install
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Postgres95 v1.09, restore your database, then back it up again.
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You should also read the appropriate files pgsql/migration/*.
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You must make sure that your database is not updated in the middle of
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your backup. If necessary, bring down postmaster, edit the permissions
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in file /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf to allow only you on, then
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bring postmaster back up.
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7) If you are upgrading an existing system then kill the postmaster. Type
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ps -ax | grep postmaster
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This should list the process numbers for a number of processes. Type
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the following line, with "???" replaced by the process id for process
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"postmaster". (Do not use the id for process "grep postmaster".) Type
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kill ???
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with "???" modified as indicated.
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8) If you are upgrading an existing system then move the old directories
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out of the way. If you are short of disk space then you may have to
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back up and delete the directories instead. If you do this, save the
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old database in the /usr/local/pgsql/data directory tree. At a
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minimum, save file /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf.
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Type the following:
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su
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cd /usr/src
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mv pgsql pgsql_6_0
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cd /usr/local
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mv pgsql pgsql_6_0
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exit
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If you are not using /usr/local/pgsql/data as your data directory
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(check to see if environment variable PGDATA is set to something
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else) then you will also want to move this directory in the same
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manner.
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9) Make new source and install directories. The actual paths can be
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different for your installation; be consistant with your configuration
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in step (11).
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Type
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su
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cd /usr/src
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mkdir pgsql
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chown postgres:postgres pgsql
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cd /usr/local
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mkdir pgsql
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chown postgres:postgres pgsql
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exit
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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-6.4.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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the build process (see the --prefix option below). Type
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cd /usr/src/pgsql/src
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./configure
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The configure program will list the template files available and
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ask you to choose one. A lot of times, an appropriate template
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file is chosen for you, and you can just press Enter to accept the
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default. If the default is not appropriate, then type in the
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appropriate template file and press Enter. (If you do this, then
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send email to scrappy@hub.org stating the output of the program
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'./config.guess' and what the template file should be.)
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Once you have entered the template file, you will be asked a
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number of questions about your particular configuration. These
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can be skipped by adding parameters to the configure command above.
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The following parameters can be tagged onto the end of the configure
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command:
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--prefix=BASEDIR Selects a different base directory for the
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installation of the PostgreSQL configuration.
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The default is /usr/local/pgsql.
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--enable-hba Enables Host Based Authentication (DEFAULT)
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--enable-locale Enables USE_LOCALE
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--enable-cassert Enables ASSERT_CHECKING
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--with-template=TEMPLATE
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Use template file TEMPLATE - the template
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files are assumed to be in the directory
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src/template, so look there for proper values.
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(If the configure script cannot find the
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specified template file, it will ask you for
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one).
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--with-pgport=PORT Sets the port that the postmaster process
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listens for incoming connections on. The
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default for this is port 5432.
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--with-tcl Enables programs requiring Tcl/Tk and X11,
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including pgtclsh and libpgtcl.
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--with-perl Enables the perl interface.
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--with-includes=DIRS
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Include DIRS in list of directories searched
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for header files. (Typical use will need
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--with-includes=/usr/local/include)
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--with-libs=DIRS
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--with-libraries=DIRS
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Include DIRS in list of directories searched
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for archive libraries. (Typical use will need
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--with-libraries=/usr/local/lib)
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--with-CC=compiler
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Use a specific C compiler that the configure
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script cannot find.
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--with-CXX=compiler
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--without-CXX
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Use a specific C++ compiler that the configure
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script cannot find, or exclude C++ compilation
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altogether.
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As an example, here is the configure script I use on a Sparc
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Solaris 2.5 system with /opt/postgres being the install base.
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% ./configure --prefix=/opt/postgres
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--with-template=sparc_solaris-gcc --with-pgport=5432
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--enable-hba
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Of course, in a real shell, you would type these three lines all
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on the same line.
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12) Compile the program. Type
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cd /usr/src/pgsql/src
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gmake all >& make.log &
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tail -f make.log
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The last line displayed will hopefully be "All of PostgreSQL is
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successfully made. Ready to install." At this point, or earlier
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if you wish, type control-C to get out of tail. (If you have
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problems later on you may wish to examine file make.log for
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warning and error messages.)
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If your computer does not have gmake (GNU make) then try running
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make instead throughout the rest of these notes.
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Please note that you will probably find a number of warning
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messages in make.log. Unless you have problems later on, these
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messages may be safely ignored.
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If the compiler fails with an error stating that the flex command
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cannot be found then install flex as described earlier. Next,
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change directory back to this directory, type "make clean", then
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recompile again.
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13) Install the program. Type
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cd /usr/src/pgsql/src
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gmake install >& make.install.log &
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tail -f make.install.log
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The last line displayed will be "gmake[1]: Leaving directory
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`/usr/src/pgsql/src/man'". At this point, or earlier if you wish,
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type control-C to get out of tail.
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14) If necessary, tell UNIX how to find your shared libraries. If you
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are using Linux-ELF do ONE of the following, preferably the first:
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a) As root, edit file /etc/ld.so.conf. Add line
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/usr/local/pgsql/lib
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to the file. Then run command /sbin/ldconfig.
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b) In a bash shell, type
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export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
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c) In a csh shell, type
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setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/pgsql/lib
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Please note that the above commands may vary wildly for different
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operating systems. Check the platform specific notes, such as
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those for Ultrix4.x or and for non-ELF Linux.
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If, when you create the database, you get the message "pg_id: can't
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load library 'libpq.so'" then the above step was necessary. Simply
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do this step, then try to create the database again.
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15) If it has not already been done, then prepare account postgres
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for using PostgreSQL. Any account that will use PostgreSQL must
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be similarily prepared. (The following instructions are for a
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bash shell. Adapt accordingly for other shells.)
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Add the following lines to your login shell, ~/.bash_profile:
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PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/bin
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MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/pgsql/man
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PGLIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
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PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
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export PATH MANPATH PGLIB PGDATA
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Make sure that you have defined these variables before continuing
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with the remaining steps. The easiest way to do this is to type:
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source ~/.bash_profile
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16) Create the database. DO NOT DO THE FOLLOWING AS ROOT! This would
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be a major security hole. Type
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initdb
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17) Set up permissions to access the database system. Do this by editing
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file /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf. The instructions are
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included in the file. (If your database is not located in the
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default location, i.e. if PGDATA is set to point elsewhere, then the
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location of this file will change accordingly.) This file should be
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made read only again once you are finsihed.
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If you are upgrading, you can NOT copy file pg_hba.conf from your
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old database on top of the one in your new database. You will
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have to re-do your changes.
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18) If you wish to skip the regression tests then skip to step 21.
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The file /usr/src/pgsql/src/test/regress/README has detailed
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instructions for running and interpreting the regression tests.
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A short version follows here:
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Start the postmaster in preparation for the regression tests. First,
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set the timezone for Berkeley, California. On some systems you may do
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this by setting environment variable TZ. I.e., using bash, type
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export TZ=PST8PDT
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Now start the postmaster daemon running in the background by typing
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cd
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nohup postmaster > regress.log 2>&1 &
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Run postmaster from your Postgres super user account (typically
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account postgres). DO NOT RUN POSTMASTER FROM THE ROOT ACCOUNT.
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19) Run the regression tests. Type
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cd /usr/src/pgsql/src/test/regress
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gmake clean
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gmake all runtest
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You do not need to type "gmake clean" if this is the first time you
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are running the tests.
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You should get on the screen (and also written to file ./regress.out)
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a series of statements stating which tests passed and which tests
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failed. Please note that it can be normal for some of the tests to
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"fail". For the failed tests, use diff to compare the files in
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directories ./results and ./expected. If float8 failed, type
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something like:
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cd /usr/src/pgsql/src/test/regress
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diff -w expected/float8.out results
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"Failed" tests may have failed due to slightly different error messages,
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output formatting, failure to set the timezone correctly for your
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platform, etc. "Failures" of this type do not indicate a problem with
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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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v6.4 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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float8 and geometry "failed" due to minor precision differences in
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floating point numbers. select_views produces massively different output,
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but the differences are due to minor floating point differences.
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Conclusion? If you do see failures, try to understand the nature of
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the differences and then decide if those differences will affect your
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intended use of PostgreSQL. However, keep in mind that this is likely
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to be the most solid release of PostgreSQL to date, incorporating many
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bug fixes from v6.2.1, and that previous versions of PostgreSQL have been
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in use successfully for some time now.
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After running the tests, type
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destroydb regression
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cd /usr/src/pgsql/src/test/regress
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gmake clean
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20) Stop the postmaster as described in step 7. Then restore the
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timezone to it's normal setting. If you changed the timezone by
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modifying environment variable TZ then one way to do this is to
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log out of, then back into, account postgres.
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21) Start the postmaster daemon running. Type
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cd
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nohup postmaster > server.log 2>&1 &
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Run postmaster from your Postgres super user account (typically
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account postgres). DO NOT RUN POSTMASTER FROM THE ROOT ACCOUNT.
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22) If you haven't already done so, this would be a good time to modify
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your computer so that it will automatically start postmaster whenever
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you boot your computer.
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Here are some suggestions on how to do this, contributed by various
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users.
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Whatever you do, postmaster must be run by user postgres AND NOT BY
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ROOT. This is why all of the examples below start by switching user
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(su) to postgres. These commands also take into account the fact
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that environment variables like PATH and PGDATA may not be set properly.
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The examples are as follows. Use them with extreme caution.
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a) Edit file rc.local on NetBSD or file rc2.d on SPARC Solaris
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2.5.1 to contain the following single line:
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su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
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/usr/local/pgsql/data"
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b) In FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE edit /usr/local/etc/rc.d/pgsql.sh to
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contain the following lines and make it chmod 755 and chown
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root:bin.
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#!/bin/sh
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[ -x /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster ] && {
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su -l postgres -c 'exec /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster
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-D/usr/local/pgsql/data
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-S -o -F > /usr/local/pgsql/errlog' &
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echo -n ' pgsql'
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}
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You may put the line breaks as shown above. The shell is smart
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enough to keep parsing beyond end-of-line if there is an
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expression unfinished. The exec saves one layer of shell under
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the postmaster process so the parent is init. Note: Unlike most
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other examples, this one has been tested.
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c) In RedHat v4.0 Linux edit file /etc/inittab to contain the
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following single line:
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pg:2345:respawn:/bin/su - postgres -c
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"/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D/usr/local/pgsql/data
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>> /usr/local/pgsql/server.log 2>&1" >/dev/null
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(The author of this example says this example will revive the
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postmaster if it dies, but he doesn't know if there are other side
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effects.)
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d) The contrib/linux area of the PostgreSQL distribution has an example
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init.d script compatible with and tested using recent RedHat packages.
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22a) If you haven't already done so, this would be a good time to modify
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your computer to do regular maintainence. The following should be
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done at regular intervals:
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a) Run the SQL command vacuum. This will clean up your database.
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b) Back up your system. (You should probably keep the last few
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backups on hand.) Ideally, no one else should be using the
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system at the time.
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Ideally, the above tasks should be done by a shell script that is
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run nightly or weekly by cron. Look at the man page for crontab
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for a starting point on how to do this. (If you do it, please
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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 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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If your pre-v6.2 database uses either path or polygon geometric data types,
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then you will need to upgrade any columns containing those types. To
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do so, type (from within psql)
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update YourTable set PathCol = UpgradePath(PathCol);
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update YourTable set PolyCol = UpgradePoly(PolyCol);
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...
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vacuum;
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UpgradePath() checks to see that a path value is consistant with the
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old syntax, and will not update a column which fails that examination.
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UpgradePoly() cannot verify that a polygon is in fact from an old
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syntax, but RevertPoly() is provided to reverse the effects of a
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mis-applied upgrade.
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24) If you are a new user, you may wish to play with Postgres as described
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below.
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25) Clean up after yourself. Type
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|
rm -rf /usr/src/pgsql_6_0
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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-6.4.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
|
|
writing to a laserjet printer.
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|
alias gshp='gs -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300 -dNOPAUSE'
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export GS_LIB=/usr/share/ghostscript:/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
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# Print out the man pages.
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|
man -a -t /usr/local/pgsql/man/*/* > manpage.ps
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gshp -sOUTPUTFILE=manpage.hp manpage.ps
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rm manpage.ps
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|
lpr -l -s -r manpage.hp
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# Print out the Postgres95 User Manual, version 1.0,
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|
# Sept. 5, 1996.
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|
cd /usr/src/pgsql/doc
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|
gshp -sOUTPUTFILE=userguide.hp userguide.ps
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|
lpr -l -s -r userguide.hp
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|
|
|
If you are a developer, you will probably want to also print out
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|
the Postgres Implemention Guide, version 1.0, October 1, 1995.
|
|
This is a WWW document located at
|
|
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/impguide.
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|
|
|
27) The Postgres team wants to keep PostgreSQL working on all of the
|
|
supported platforms. We therefore ask you to let us know if you did
|
|
or did not get PostgreSQL to work on you system. Please send a
|
|
mail message to pgsql-ports@postgresql.org telling us the following:
|
|
- The version of PostgreSQL (6.4, 6.3.2, beta 970703, etc.).
|
|
- Your operating system (i.e. RedHat v4.0 Linux v2.0.26).
|
|
- Your hardware (SPARC, i486, etc.).
|
|
- Did you compile, install and run the regression tests cleanly?
|
|
If not, what source code did you change (i.e. patches you
|
|
applied, changes you made, etc.), what tests failed, etc.
|
|
It is normal to get many warning when you compile. You do
|
|
not need to report these.
|
|
|
|
28) Now create, access and manipulate databases as desired. Write client
|
|
programs to access the database server. In other words, ENJOY!
|
|
|
|
|
|
PLAYING WITH POSTGRESQL
|
|
-----------------------
|
|
|
|
After PostgreSQL is installed, a database system is created, a postmaster
|
|
daemon is running, and the regression tests have passed, you'll want to
|
|
see PostgreSQL do something. That's easy. Invoke the interactive interface
|
|
to PostgreSQL, psql, and start typing SQL:
|
|
|
|
$ psql template1
|
|
|
|
(psql has to open a particular database, but at this point the only one
|
|
that exists is the template1 database, which always exists. We will connect
|
|
to it only long enough to create another one and switch to it).
|
|
|
|
The response from psql is:
|
|
|
|
type \? for help on slash commands
|
|
type \q to quit
|
|
type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
|
|
You are currently connected to the database: template1
|
|
|
|
template1=>
|
|
|
|
Create the database foo:
|
|
|
|
template1=> CREATE DATABASE FOO;
|
|
INSERT 773248
|
|
|
|
(Get in the habit of including those SQL semicolons. Psql won't execute
|
|
anything until it sees the semicolon or a "\g" and the semicolon is required
|
|
to delimit multiple statements.)
|
|
|
|
template1=> \c foo
|
|
closing connection to database: template1
|
|
connecting to new database: foo
|
|
|
|
(\ commands aren't SQL, so no semicolon. Use \? to see all the \ commands.)
|
|
|
|
foo=> CREATE TABLE bar (column1 int4, column2 char16);
|
|
CREATE
|
|
|
|
foo=> \d bar
|
|
|
|
...
|
|
|
|
You get the idea.
|
|
|
|
|
|
QUESTIONS? BUGS? FEEDBACK?
|
|
----------------------------
|
|
|
|
First, read the files in directory /usr/src/pgsql/doc. The FAQ in
|
|
this directory may be particularly useful.
|
|
|
|
If PostgreSQL failed to compile on your computer then fill out the form
|
|
in file /usr/src/pgsql/doc/bug.template and mail it to the location
|
|
indicated at the top of the form.
|
|
|
|
Mail questions to pgsql-questions@postgresql.org. For more information
|
|
on the various mailing lists, see http://www.postgresql.org under mailing
|
|
lists.
|
|
|
|
|
|
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Porting Notes (these notes may be out of date):
|
|
-------------
|
|
|
|
Ultrix4.x:
|
|
You need to install the libdl-1.1 package since Ultrix 4.x doesn't
|
|
have a dynamic loader. It's available in
|
|
s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.EDU:pub/personal/andrew/libdl-1.1.tar.Z
|
|
|
|
Linux:
|
|
A linux-2.0.30/libc-5.3.12/RedHat-4.2 running on a dual processor
|
|
i686 is the regression testing reference machine.
|
|
The linux-elf port installs cleanly. If you are using an
|
|
i486 processor or higher, you can edit template/linux-elf
|
|
to include "-m486" as a compiler option. configure does not
|
|
detect that sigsetjmp() is available, but you can edit
|
|
include/config.h after running configure and before running
|
|
make to include "#define HAVE_SIGSETJMP 1". Note that I have
|
|
not seen any difference in PostgreSQL behavior either way.
|
|
(Thomas G. Lockhart
|
|
<lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> 97/10/14)
|
|
|
|
For non-ELF Linux, the dld library MUST be obtained and installed on
|
|
the system. It enables dynamic link loading capability to the Postgres
|
|
port. The dld library can be obtained from the sunsite linux
|
|
distributions. The current name is dld-3.2.5.
|
|
(Jalon Q. Zimmerman
|
|
<sneaker@powergrid.electriciti.com> 5/11/95)
|
|
|
|
BSD/OS:
|
|
For BSD/OS 2.0 and 2.01, you will need to get the GNU dld library.
|
|
|
|
NeXT:
|
|
The NeXT port was supplied by Tom R. Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl>.
|
|
It requires a SysV IPC emulation library and header files for
|
|
shared libary and semaphore stuff. Tom just happens to sell such
|
|
a product so contact him for information. He has also indicated that
|
|
binary releases of PostgreSQL for NEXTSTEP will be made available to
|
|
the general public. Contact Info@RnA.nl for information.
|
|
|