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.
