Install PostgreSQL 10 beta from sources – on Debian 8

Installation from source is described in documentation.

I tested on GCE instance with Debian 8. Here is just quick summary:

• download tar with source:

  wget https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v10beta1/postgresql-10beta1.tar.gz

• untar it:

  tar xvfz postgresql-10beta1.tar.gz

• switch to root:

  sudo su

• install/ update libraries:

  apt-get install gcc -y
  apt-get install libreadline-dev -y
  apt-get install zlib1g-dev -y
  apt-get install make -y

• follow steps from document “install short”:

  make
  make install
  adduser postgres
  mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
  chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
  su - postgres
  /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
  /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
  /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
  /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test

Enjoy it 🙂