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.

<Abstract>

<Para>

Installation instructions for

<ProductName>PostgreSQL</ProductName> 7.0.0.

<ProductName>PostgreSQL</ProductName> 7.0.

</Para>

</Abstract>

get it from <ULink url="ftp://ftp.postgresql.org">ftp.postgresql.org</ULink>,

then unpack it:

<ProgramListing>

$ 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

</ProgramListing>

Again, these commands might differ on your system.

</Para>

You probably want to install the <application>man</application> and

<acronym>HTML</acronym> documentation. Type

<ProgramListing>

$ cd /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0.0/doc

$ cd /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0/doc

$ gmake install

</ProgramListing>

This will install files under <filename>/usr/local/pgsql/doc</filename>.

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 <filename>/usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0.0/src/test/regress/README</filename>

The file <filename>/usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0/src/test/regress/README</filename>

has detailed

instructions for running and interpreting the regression tests.

</Para>