版本

Red Hat 4.4.6-4

下载postgresql linux源码

在该帐号home目录下新建usr/local/pgsql/目录和usr/local/pgsql/data目录 ,data目录是用于存放数据

mkdir-p usr/local/pgsql/data

tar -zxvf  ***postgresql.tar.gz

 然后cd到该目录里面

./configure --prefix=~/usr/local/pgsql 

make && make install

 这里可能会提示你缺少对应的包比如：readline.....安要求安装上就行.

ubuntu10.04

readline : sudo apt-get install libreadline5-dev

zlib: sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev

回到该用户home目录，编辑.bash_profile文件

在末尾添加 

export  PGLIB=$HOME/usr/local/pgsql/lib 
export  PGDATA=$HOME/usr/local/pgsql/data
export  PATH=$PATH:$HOME/usr/local/pgsql/bin 
export  MANPATH=$MANPATH:$HOME/usr/local/pgsql/man

 退出保存

source .bash_profile

上面的bash_profile只是样本,不一定能source成功.

以上bash_profile文件的 export没写对可能会报错.如果没配置成功可以继续下面的.

~/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D ~/usr/local/pgsql/data

 完成以后你会看到

Success. You can now start the database server using:

    usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /home/YangJie/usr/local/pgsql/data

or

    usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /home/YangJie/usr/local/pgsql/data -l logfile start

这样你就可以启动postgresql了

[YangJie@huaixuan01 ~]$ usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /home/YangJie/usr/local/pgsql/data -l logfile start

server starting

OK,启动成功..祝你好运.