Preparation for make installcheck 1. Install pg_dbms_stats into the target binary tree. Make sure to prepare the PATH environment variable properly to execute the right pg_config for the version of target PostgreSQL server. postgres$ which pg_config /pg_config postgres$ make install 2. Install additionally required contrib module file_fdw. This could be done for RPM installed server by installing postgresql##-contrib using yum after installing additional repository. # yum install postgresql95-contrib 3. Edit postgresql.conf so that pg_dbms stats will be automatically loaded. postgres$ echo "shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_dbms_stats'" >> /postgresql.conf 4. Start the target server postgres$ postgres or pg_ctl start 5. Install extension on the server. postgres$ psql postgres -c 'CREATE EXTENSION pg_dbms_stats; CREATE EXTENSION file_fdw;' 6. run make installcheck postgres$ make installcheck