16.1. Short Version

  1. ./configure
  2. make
  3. su
  4. make install
  5. adduser postgres
  6. mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
  7. chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
  8. su - postgres
  9. /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
  10. /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
  11. /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
  12. /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test

The long version is the rest of this chapter.