The
following must be done via root or sudo.
Change any mention of <version> to the version of postgres being
installed.
1-- Verify
which OS release that is being used
cat /etc/redhat-release
uname -a
2-- Visit http://yum.postgresql.org/repopackages.php and select the correct repo RPM for your
operating system to your server. Chose the latest stable postgres release - at
the time of writing that is postgres 9.4
3-- Install the repo RPM using
rpm -ivh <package downloaded in the last step>
4-- Now install postgres using the yum package manager - follow any prompts
the application might provide. E.g. for postgres 9.4:
yum install postgresql94*
Confirm
installed RPM
Rpm -qa
postgresql94*
5-- Initialize the cluster - replace
version with the installed version
service postgresql-<version> initdb
6-- Start postgres
service postgresql-<version> start
7--If you wish for postgres to automatically enable it by chkconfig
chkconfig postgresql-<version> on
8--Add postgres to the system path
9--Switch to the postgres user
su - postgres
10--Connect to postgres using the psql client.
psql
psql (9.4.4)
Type "help" for help.
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