Install PostgreSQL 11 on Amazon Linux 11 (Compile)
In this, we will show you how to install PostgreSQL 11 on Amazon EC2. In this tutorial, I will install PostgreSQL 11 by compiling because postgreSQL 11 is not available for Amazon Linux. So let’s get started.
Step 1: Prerequisites
There are a few prerequisites. Let’s install them before starting installing PostgreSQL.
yum install wget tar gcc make
Step 2: Download the Archive
First of all, download the archive and untar it so we can compile it.
wget https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v11.5/postgresql-11.5.tar.gz
Step 3: Extract the archive
Now, let’s extract the archive quickly using tax command.
tar -zxvf postgresql-11.5.tar.gz
Step 4: Compile
So now we have extracted the archive so we can compile it.
cd postgresql-11.5/
./configure --without-readline --without-zlib
make
make install
Step 5: Symlink
Now in the last step lets create a symlink
ln -s /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql /usr/bin/psql
# psql --version
psql (PostgreSQL) 11.5