On 11/23/2013 07:41 AM, Ken Tanzer wrote: > OTOH, if there were a very clear and credible page with good > instructions on installing build environment + postgres (for say RHEL, > Ubuntu & Fedora) that would install side by side with an existing > installation (and how to remove it all cleanly) it would make me and > maybe others more able/likely to test patches. There may be such a > page--I just didn't find it. And I was somewhat dissuaded from > building an RPM on my CentOs machine by the note in the Postgres wiki > that the ubuntu packages allow "multiple versions more easily than > other packaging schemes." > > Just a thought. I know all the information is out there and can be > pieced together. Like many computing endeavors, I'm sure the second > time would be quick and easy, but likely not so much the first!
Chapter 15 of our documentation handles installing from source. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/installation.html -- Vik
