Re: [NOVICE] Install two different versions of postgres which should run in parallel

[Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>]

On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 14:33 +0300, Loredana Curugiu wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I need to have two different vesions of postgres running in parallel
> on
> different ports. Does anyone knows how to install two different
> versions
> of postgres (7.4.5 and 8.2.4) on the same computer? I am using Linux 
> operating system.

If you run Debian or Ubuntu you can do this with the package system.

  apt-get install postgresql-8.2 postgresql-7.4

The two versions are automatically installed to run on different ports.
Look at the docs and manpages for the postgresql-common package to see
how it works.

If you can't do that, you can install a different version from source in
a different directory tree; then have its postmaster run on a different
port.  Specify the port number when connecting so as to get to the
postmaster you want.

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