Re: Installing module for 9.6, not 9.2, on Centos?

On 5/23/2017 11:39 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
>
> Can I also ask y'all a more general question about this, specifically
> related to how Postgres is packaged for RHEL/Centos? I've got both
> 9.6 and 9.2 installed. In this case though, it seems that the 9.2
> version is privileged/selected by default. But psql defaults to the
> 9.6 version. Are there other similar things that will default to
> either 9.2 or 9.6? And if so, what controls that behavior, is it
> easily-changeable, and/or can you go back and forth?
>
> I've never tried running two versions at once before. Maybe this is
> an isolated incident, but I'm just trying to get my mind around the
> concept, and know what kind of pitfalls if any to expect or beware of.
> Thanks!
>

when you run multiple versions, you need to keep the path *and* the port
straight. each server running is on a separate port. I have one dev box
at work that runs pg 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6, all on seperate ports.

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