+
PostgreSQL Installation Guide
by The PostgreSQL Development Team
-Edited by Thomas Lockhart
-
-PostgreSQL is © 1996-9 by the Postgres Global Development Group.
+PostgreSQL is © 1998-9 by the Postgres Global Development Group.
Table of Contents
Summary
Multi-Version Concurrency Control
Detailed Change List
-List of Tables
-
- 2-1. Supported Platforms
- 2-2. Possibly Incompatible Platforms
- 4-1. Kerberos Parameter Examples
-
Summary
Postgres, developed originally in the UC Berkeley
Table 2-1. Supported Platforms
OS Processor Version Reported Remarks
AIX 4.3.2 RS6000 v6.5 1999-05-26 (Andreas Zeugswetter
- (mailto:Andreas.Zeugswetter@telecom.at))
+ (mailto:Andreas.Zeugswetter@telecom.at))
BSDI x86 v6.5 1999-05-25 (Bruce Momjian
- (mailto:maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
+ (mailto:maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
FreeBSD x86 v6.5 1999-05-25 (Tatsuo Ishii
- 2.2.x-4.0 (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp),
- Marc Fournier
- (mailto:scrappy@hub.org))
- DGUX m88k v6.3 1998-03-01 v6.4 probably OK. Needs new
- 5.4R4.11 maintainer. (Brian E Gallew
- (mailto:geek+@cmu.edu))
+ 2.2.x-4.0 (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp),
+ Marc Fournier
+ (mailto:scrappy@hub.org))
+ DGUX m88k v6.3 1998-03-01 v6.4 probably OK.
+ 5.4R4.11 Needs new maintainer.
+ (Brian E Gallew
+ (mailto:geek+@cmu.edu))
Digital Alpha v6.4 1998-10-29 Minor patchable problems
Unix 4.0 (Pedro J. Lobo
- (mailto:pjlobo@euitt.upm.es))
- HPUX PA-RISC v6.4 1998-10-25 Both 9.0x and 10.20 (Tom Lane
- (mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us),
- Stan Brown
- (mailto:stanb@awod.com))
- IRIX 6.5 MIPS v6.4 1998-12-29 IRIX 5.x is different (Mark Dalphin
- (mdalphin@amgen.com))
+ (mailto:pjlobo@euitt.upm.es))
+ HPUX PA-RISC v6.4 1998-10-25 Both 9.0x and 10.20
+ (Tom Lane (mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us),
+ Stan Brown (mailto:stanb@awod.com))
+ IRIX 6.5 MIPS v6.4 1998-12-29 IRIX 5.x is different
+ (Mark Dalphin (mdalphin@amgen.com))
linux Alpha v6.3.2 1998-04-16 Mostly successful. Needs
- 2.0.x work for v6.4. (Ryan Kirkpatrick
- (mailto:rkirkpat@nag.cs.colorado.edu))
+ 2.0.x work for v6.4.
+ (Ryan Kirkpatrick
+ (mailto:rkirkpat@nag.cs.colorado.edu))
linux x86 v6.4 1998-10-27 (Thomas Lockhart
- 2.0.x/libc5 (mailto:lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu))
- linux x86 v6.5 1999-05-24 (Thomas Lockhart
- 2.0.x/glibc (mailto:lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu))
+ 2.0.x/libc5 (mailto:lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu))
+ linux x86 v6.4 1999-05-24 (Thomas Lockhart
+ 2.0.x/glibc2 (mailto:lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu))
linux MIPS v6.4 1998-12-16 Cobalt Qube (Tatsuo Ishii
- 2.0.x (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp))
+ 2.0.x (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp))
linux Sparc v6.4 1998-10-25 (Tom Szybist
- 2.0.x (mailto:szybist@boxhill.com))
- linuxPPC PPC603e v6.4 1998-10-26 Powerbook 2400c (Tatsuo Ishii
- 2.1.24 (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp))
- mklinux DR3 PPC750 v6.4 1998-09-16 PowerMac 7600 (Tatsuo Ishii
- (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp))
+ 2.0.x (mailto:szybist@boxhill.com))
+ linuxPPC PPC603e v6.4 1998-10-26 Powerbook 2400c
+ 2.1.24 (Tatsuo Ishii
+ (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp))
+ mklinux PPC750 v6.4 1998-09-16 PowerMac 7600
+ DR3 (Tatsuo Ishii
+ (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp))
NetBSD arm32 v6.5 1999-04-14 (Andrew McMurry
- (mailto:a.mcmurry1@physics.oxford.ac.uk))
+ (mailto:a.mcmurry1@physics.oxford.ac.uk))
NetBSD/i3- x86 v6.4 1998-10-25 (Brook Milligan
- 86 1.3.2 (mailto:brook@trillium.NMSU.Edu))
+ 86 1.3.2 (mailto:brook@trillium.NMSU.Edu))
NetBSD m68k v6.4.2 1998-12-28 Mac SE/30 (Mr. Mutsuki
Nakajima, Tatsuo Ishii
- (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp))
- NetBSD- NS32532 v6.4 1998-10-27 small problems in date/time
- current math (Jon Buller
- (mailto:jonb@metronet.com))
+ (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp))
+ NetBSD- NS32532 v6.4 1998-10-27 small problems
+ current in date/time math (Jon Buller
+ (mailto:jonb@metronet.com))
NetBSD/sp- Sparc v6.4 1998-10-27 (Tom I Helbekkmo
- arc 1.3H (mailto:tih@hamartun.priv.no))
+ arc 1.3H (mailto:tih@hamartun.priv.no))
NetBSD 1.3 VAX v6.3 1998-03-01 (Tom I Helbekkmo
- (mailto:tih@hamartun.priv.no))
+ (mailto:tih@hamartun.priv.no))
SCO x86 v6.5 1999-05-25 (Andrew Merrill
- OpenServer 5 (mailto:andrew@compclass.com))
+ OpenServer 5 (mailto:andrew@compclass.com))
SCO x86 v6.5 1999-05-25 (Andrew Merrill
- UnixWare 7 (mailto:andrew@compclass.com))
+ UnixWare 7 (mailto:andrew@compclass.com))
Solaris x86 v6.4 1998-10-28 (Marc Fournier
- (mailto:scrappy@hub.org))
+ (mailto:scrappy@hub.org))
Solaris Sparc v6.4 1998-10-28 (Tom Szybist
- 2.6-2.7 (mailto:szybist@boxhill.com),
- Frank Ridderbusch
- (mailto:ridderbusch.pad@sni.de))
- SunOS Sparc v6.3 1998-03-01 Patches submitted (Tatsuo Ishii
- 4.1.4 (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp))
+ 2.6-2.7 (mailto:szybist@boxhill.com),
+ Frank Ridderbusch
+ (mailto:ridderbusch.pad@sni.de))
+ SunOS Sparc v6.3 1998-03-01 Patches submitted
+ 4.1.4 (Tatsuo Ishii
+ (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp))
SVR4 MIPS v6.4 1998-10-28 No 64-bit int compiler
- support (Frank Ridderbusch
- (mailto:ridderbusch.pad@sni.de))
- Windows x86 v6.4 1999-01-06 Client-side libraries or
- ODBC/JDBC. No server yet.
- (Magnus Hagander
- (mha@sollentuna.net)
+ support (Frank Ridderbusch
+ (mailto:ridderbusch.pad@sni.de))
+ Windows x86 v6.4 1999-01-06 Client-side libraries
+ or ODBC/JDBC. No server yet.
+ (Magnus Hagander
+ (mha@sollentuna.net)
Windows NT x86 v6.5 1999-05-26 Working with the Cygwin
- library. (Daniel Horak
- (mailto:Dan.Horak@email.cz))
+ library. (Daniel Horak
+ (mailto:Dan.Horak@email.cz))
Table 2-2. Possibly Incompatible Platforms
OS Processor Version Reported Remarks
MacOS all v6.3 1998-03-01 Not library compatible;
- use ODBC/JDBC
+ use ODBC/JDBC
NextStep x86 v6.x 1998-03-01 Client-only support;
- v1.0.9 worked with
- patches (David Wetzel
- (mailto:dave@turbocat.de))
- SVR4 4.4 m88k v6.2.1 1998-03-01 Confirmed with patching;
- v6.4.x will need TAS
- spinlock code (Doug Winterburn
- (mailto:dlw@seavme.xroads.com))
- Ultrix MIPS,VAX? v6.x 1998-03-01 No recent reports; obsolete?
+ v1.0.9 worked with patches
+ (David Wetzel
+ (mailto:dave@turbocat.de))
+ SVR4 4.4 m88k v6.2.1 1998-03-01 Confirmed
+ with patching;
+ v6.4.x will need TAS
+ spinlock code (Doug
+ Winterburn
+ (mailto:dlw@seavme.xroads.com))
+ Ultrix MIPS,VAX? v6.x 1998-03-01 No recent reports;
+ obsolete?
-
-
Chapter 3. Installation
Complete installation instructions for Postgres
o Commands are Unix-compatible. See note below.
o Defaults are used except where noted.
o User postgres is the Postgres superuser.
- o The source path is /usr/src/pgsql (other paths are possible).
- o The runtime path is /usr/local/pgsql (other paths are possible).
+ o The source path is /usr/src/pgsql (other paths are
+ possible).
+ o The runtime path is /usr/local/pgsql (other paths
+ are possible).
Commands were tested on RedHat Linux version 5.2
using the tcsh shell. Except where noted, they will
$ df -k
+
Installation Procedure
the remaining steps in the installation will
happen in this account.
4. Ftp file
- ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.tar.gz
- from the Internet. Store it in your home directory.
+ ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.tar.-
+ gz
+ (ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.tar-
+ .gz) from the Internet. Store it in your home
+ directory.
5. Some platforms use flex. If your system uses flex
then make sure you have a good version. To check,
type
configuration. To see them all, type
./configure --help
Some of the more commonly used ones are:
- --prefix=BASEDIR Selects a different base directory for the
- installation of the Postgres configuration.
- The default is /usr/local/pgsql.
+ --prefix=BASEDIR Selects a different
+ base directory for the
+ installation of the
+ Postgres configuration.
+ The default is
+ /usr/local/pgsql.
--with-template=TEMPLATE
- Use template file TEMPLATE - the template
- files are assumed to be in the directory
- src/template, so look there for proper values.
- --with-tcl Build interface libraries and programs requiring
- Tcl/Tk, including libpgtcl, pgtclsh, and pgtksh.
- --with-perl Build the Perl interface library.
- --with-odbc Build the ODBC driver package.
- --enable-hba Enables Host Based Authentication (DEFAULT)
- --disable-hba Disables Host Based Authentication
+ Use template file
+ TEMPLATE - the template
+ files are assumed
+ to be in the directory
+ src/template, so
+ look there for proper values.
+ --with-tcl Build interface
+ libraries and programs requiring
+ Tcl/Tk, including
+ libpgtcl, pgtclsh, and pgtksh.
+ --with-perl Build the Perl
+ interface library.
+ --with-odbc Build the ODBC
+ driver package.
+ --enable-hba Enables Host Based
+ Authentication (DEFAULT)
+ --disable-hba Disables Host Based
+ Authentication
--enable-locale Enables USE_LOCALE
- --enable-cassert Enables ASSERT_CHECKING
+ --enable-cassert Enables
+ ASSERT_CHECKING
--with-CC=compiler
- Use a specific C compiler that the configure
+ Use a specific C
+ compiler that the configure
script cannot find.
--with-CXX=compiler
--without-CXX
- Use a specific C++ compiler that the configure
- script cannot find, or exclude C++ compilation
- altogether. (This only affects libpq++ at
+ Use a specific C++
+ compiler that the configure
+ script cannot find,
+ or exclude C++ compilation
+ altogether. (This
+ only affects libpq++ at
present.)
c. Here is the configure script used on a Sparc
Solaris 2.5 system with /opt/postgres
o Edit file rc.local on NetBSD or file rc2.d on
SPARC Solaris 2.5.1 to contain the following
single line:
- su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster \
+ su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster
-S -D /usr/local/pgsql/data"
o In FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE edit
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/pgsql.sh to contain the
#!/bin/sh
[ -x /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster ] && {
su -l pgsql -c 'exec
- /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster \
- -D/usr/local/pgsql/data \
- -S -o -F > /usr/local/pgsql/errlog' \
- & echo -n ' pgsql'
+ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster
+ -D/usr/local/pgsql/data
+ -S -o -F > /usr/local/pgsql/errlog' &
+ echo -n ' pgsql'
}
You may put the line breaks as shown above. The
shell is smart enough to keep parsing beyond
o In RedHat Linux edit file /etc/inittab to add the
following as a single line:
pg:2345:respawn:/bin/su - postgres -c
- "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster \
- -D/usr/local/pgsql/data \
- >> /usr/local/pgsql/server.log 2>&1 \
+ "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster
+ -D/usr/local/pgsql/data
+ >> /usr/local/pgsql/server.log 2>&1
</dev/null"
(The author of this example says this example
will revive the postmaster if it dies, but he
polygon geometric data types, then you will need
to upgrade any columns containing those types. To
do so, type (from within psql)
- UPDATE FirstTable SET PathCol = UpgradePath(PathCol);
- UPDATE SecondTable SET PathCol = UpgradePath(PathCol);
+ UPDATE FirstTable SET PathCol =
+ UpgradePath(PathCol);
+ UPDATE SecondTable SET PathCol =
+ UpgradePath(PathCol);
...
VACUUM;
UpgradePath() checks to see that a path value is
26. Clean up after yourself. Type
$ rm -rf /usr/src/pgsql_6_5
$ rm -rf /usr/local/pgsql_6_5
- # Also delete old database directory tree if it is not in
+ # Also delete old database directory tree if it is
+ not in
# /usr/local/pgsql_6_5/data
$ rm ~/postgresql-v6.5.tar.gz
27. You will probably want to print out the
$ alias gshp='gs -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300
-dNOPAUSE'
$ export
- GS_LIB=/usr/share/ghostscript:/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
+ GS_LIB=/usr/share/ghostscript:/usr/share/ghostscr-
+ ipt/fonts
$ gunzip user.ps.gz
$ gshp -sOUTPUTFILE=user.hp user.ps
$ gzip user.ps
foo=> \d bar
Table = bar
- +--------------+---------------+-------+
- | Field | Type | Length|
- +--------------+---------------+-------+
- | i | int4 | 4 |
- | c | (bp)char | 16 |
- +--------------+---------------+-------+
+ +----------------------------------+-----------------
+ ------------------+-------+
+ | Field |
+ Type | Length|
+ +----------------------------------+-----------------
+ ------------------+-------+
+ | i | int4
+ | 4 |
+ | c | (bp)char
+ | 16 |
+ +----------------------------------+-----------------
+ ------------------+-------+
And so on. You get the idea.
installers:
Directory and file names:
- --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
+ --prefix=PREFIX install
+ architecture-independent files in PREFIX
[/usr/local/pgsql]
- --bindir=DIR user executables in DIR [EPREFIX/bin]
- --libdir=DIR object code libraries in DIR [EPREFIX/lib]
- --includedir=DIR C header files in DIR [PREFIX/include]
- --mandir=DIR man documentation in DIR [PREFIX/man]
+ --bindir=DIR user executables in DIR
+ [EPREFIX/bin]
+ --libdir=DIR object code libraries in
+ DIR [EPREFIX/lib]
+ --includedir=DIR C header files in DIR
+ [PREFIX/include]
+ --mandir=DIR man documentation in DIR
+ [PREFIX/man]
Features and packages:
- --disable-FEATURE do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
+ --disable-FEATURE do not include FEATURE
+ (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
--enable-FEATURE[=ARG] include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
--with-PACKAGE[=ARG] use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
- --without-PACKAGE do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
+ --without-PACKAGE do not use PACKAGE (same as
+ --with-PACKAGE=no)
--enable and --with options recognized:
--with-template=template
- use operating system template file
+ use operating system
+ template file
see template directory
- --with-includes=incdir site header files for tk/tcl, etc in DIR
- --with-libs=incdir also search for libraries in DIR
- --with-libraries=libdir also search for libraries in DIR
+ --with-includes=incdir site header files for
+ tk/tcl, etc in DIR
+ --with-libs=incdir also search for libraries
+ in DIR
+ --with-libraries=libdir also search for libraries
+ in DIR
--enable-locale enable locale support
- --enable-recode enable cyrillic recode support
+ --enable-recode enable cyrillic recode
+ support
--with-mb=encoding enable multi-byte support
--with-pgport=portnum change default startup port
--with-maxbackends=n set default maximum number of
server processes
- --with-tcl build Tcl interfaces and pgtclsh
- --with-tclconfig=tcldir tclConfig.sh and tkConfig.sh are in DIR
+ --with-tcl build Tcl interfaces and
+ pgtclsh
+ --with-tclconfig=tcldir tclConfig.sh and
+ tkConfig.sh are in DIR
--with-perl build Perl interface
--with-odbc build ODBC driver package
- --with-odbcinst=odbcdir change default directory for odbcinst.ini
- --enable-cassert enable assertion checks (debugging)
+ --with-odbcinst=odbcdir change default directory
+ for odbcinst.ini
+ --enable-cassert enable assertion checks
+ (debugging)
--with-CC=compiler use specific C compiler
--with-CXX=compiler use specific C++ compiler
--without-CXX prevent building C++ code
POSTGRESDIR= /opt/postgres/current
CFLAGS+= -m486 # -g -O0
+ USE_TCL= true
+ TCL_LIB= -ltcl
+ X_LIBS= -L/usr/X11/lib
+ TK_LIB= -ltk
# documentation
- HSTYLE= /home/lockhart/SGML/db118.d/docbook/html
- PSTYLE= /home/lockhart/SGML/db118.d/docbook/print
+ HSTYLE= /home/tgl/SGML/db118.d/docbook/html
+ PSTYLE= /home/tgl/SGML/db118.d/docbook/print
Table 4-1. Kerberos Parameter Examples
- Parameter Example
- user frew@S2K.ORG
- user aoki/HOST=miyu.S2K.Berkel-
- ey.EDU@S2K.ORG
- host postgres_dbms/ucbvax@S2K.-
- ORG
+ Parameter Example
+ user frew@S2K.ORG
+ user aoki/HOST=miyu.S2K.Berkeley.EDU@S2K.ORG
+ host postgres_dbms/ucbvax@S2K.ORG
Most interfaces have new versions, and existing
functionality has been improved.
- Documentation
- New and updated material is present throughout the
- documentation. New FAQs have been contributed for SGI
- and AIX platforms. The Tutorial has introductory
- information on SQL from Stefan Simkovics. For the User's
- Guide, there are reference pages covering the postmaster
- and more utility programs, and a new appendix contains
- details on date/time behavior. The Administrator's Guide
- has a new chapter on troubleshooting from Tom Lane. And
- the Programmer's Guide has a description of query
- processing, also from Stefan, and details on obtaining
- the Postgres source tree via anonymous CVS and CVSup.
-
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