Re: How to install PostgreSQL binaries on a different directory than the default one

Why not use the docker container?

Thanks,
Ben

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021, 8:25 PM rob stone <floriparob(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Fri, 2021-04-02 at 22:01 +0000, Allie Crawford wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am new in postgresql and I am trying to install PostgreSQL on Linux
> > server but instead of using the default location for the binaries I
> > want to install them in a different directory.
> > I have research for a while and I cannot find any information on how
> > to do that using the dnf utility which is what the PostgreSQL website
> > gives me as instruction when I go the download page.
> >
> > I have a directory called /pg01 that I want to use to install the
> > binaries. The postgreSQL download site (
> > https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/redhat/ ) gives me the
> > following steps to install the binaries:
> >
> >
> > That set of instructions shown right above, installs the binaries
> > under the/usr/pgsql-13, and what I want is to install the binaries
> > under /pg01 instead of /usr.
> > My question is, what are the changes I need to do in the instructions
> > detailed right above, so that I can get the binary installation under
> > the /pg01 directory instead of the default /usr directory.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help you can five me on this.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Allie
>
> Most Linux distros keep the binaries by major version. So when you
> install version 14 it will go into /usr/pgsql-14.
> Thus, by using different port numbers you can run multiple versions on
> the same box.
> Useful for development, QA, etc.
>
> HTH,
> Robert
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