Why not use the docker container? Thanks, Ben
On Fri, Apr 2, 2021, 8:25 PM rob stone <floripa...@gmail.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 > > > > >
