Re: Compiling/Installing as a non-admin user - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Compiling/Installing as a non-admin user
Date
Msg-id 20061101081233.GJ12008@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Compiling/Installing as a non-admin user  (Ritesh Nadhani <riteshn@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
Ritesh Nadhani wrote:

> As I see, using the default MAKE for postgresql will set the data
> directory etc. in /usr/local/data etc which I dont have access to as a user.

Specify the --prefix=DIR argument to configure, pointing to a directory
you can write (presumably within your $HOME).  You can also pick a port
with --with-port=NNN if you need it.

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