Installation Instructions

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# Chapter 1. Installation Instructions

# 1.1. Short Version

    ./configure
    gmake
    su
    gmake install
    adduser postgres
    mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
    chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
    su - postgres
    /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
    /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
    /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
    /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test

The long version is the rest of this chapter.

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