glfs/content/databases/postgresql/postgresql-inst.xml

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<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application></title>
<para>Install <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> with the following commands: </para>
<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
<para>Initialize a database cluster with the following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>mkdir -p /var/pgsql/data &amp;&amp;
useradd -d /var/pgsql/data postgres &amp;&amp;
chown postgres /var/pgsql/data &amp;&amp;
su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /var/pgsql/data'</command></userinput></screen>
<para>Start the database server with the following command:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postmaster -D /var/pgsql/data > \
/var/pgsql/data/logfile 2>&amp;1 &amp;'</command></userinput></screen>
<para>Now we can create a database and verify the installation:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test'
echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \
| (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ')
echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \
| (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ')
echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \
| (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ')
echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \
| (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ')
echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test')</command></userinput></screen>
</sect2>