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MAD:postgresql repository setup
MAD:postgresql repository setup

Pre-Installation

Before you install, you should make sure you have a clean slate.
First, look for other postgres installs. I found that my centos 5 comes with postgres 8.1 already installed.
I suggest that we remove these older versions before we install the newer ones.
If you really need both versions to work side by side - this wiki page won't help you.

Code Block

yum list postgres*
yum uninstall postgresql
yum uninstall postgresql_XXX
yum uninstall postgresql_YYY

If you installed from source you can go the the build directory and type

Code Block

make uninstall

Installation

While we developed EAS under postgresql 8.3.7, installing 8.3.7 was giving us trouble. 8.3.11 was available via YUM and once we used YUM the install went smoothly.Using YUM is the way to go.

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