PostgreSQL on Fedora 30
Installing PostreSQL 11 on Fedora 30 wasn’t straight forward but there were some instructions that helped. The first step requires you to update the yum repository, like this as the root user:
rpm -Uvh https://yum.postgresql.org/11/fedora/fedora-30-x86_64/pgdg-fedora-repo-latest.noarch.rpm |
Then, you install the PostgreSQL with this command as the root user:
dnf install postgresql11-server |
After installing the PostreSQL Server I got a few errors with the symbolic links failing to resolve in the log files. Then, I realized they only failed to create symbolic links because the fresh installation deploys executables directly to the /usr/bin directory.
Display detailed console log →
Retrieving https://yum.postgresql.org/11/fedora/fedora-30-x86_64/pgdg-fedora-repo-latest.noarch.rpm warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.MD4lRU: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 442df0f8: NOKEY Verifying... ################################# [100%] Preparing... ################################# [100%] Updating / installing... 1:pgdg-fedora-repo-42.0-4 ################################# [100%] [root@localhost ~]# dnf install postgresql11-server PostgreSQL 11 30 - x86_64 215 kB/s | 585 kB 00:02 PostgreSQL 10 30 - x86_64 199 kB/s | 541 kB 00:02 PostgreSQL 9.6 30 - x86_64 295 kB/s | 515 kB 00:01 PostgreSQL 9.5 30 - x86_64 179 kB/s | 495 kB 00:02 PostgreSQL 9.4 30 - x86_64 269 kB/s | 469 kB 00:01 Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Mon 19 Aug 2019 02:25:56 AM MDT. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================== Installing: postgresql11-server x86_64 11.5-1PGDG.f30 pgdg11 4.8 M Installing dependencies: postgresql11 x86_64 11.5-1PGDG.f30 pgdg11 1.7 M postgresql11-libs x86_64 11.5-1PGDG.f30 pgdg11 374 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================== Install 3 Packages Total download size: 6.9 M Installed size: 32 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/3): postgresql11-libs-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64.rpm 213 kB/s | 374 kB 00:01 (2/3): postgresql11-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64.rpm 698 kB/s | 1.7 MB 00:02 (3/3): postgresql11-server-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64.rpm 1.5 MB/s | 4.8 MB 00:03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 2.2 MB/s | 6.9 MB 00:03 warning: /var/cache/dnf/pgdg11-cde8ad453ae6cd5b/packages/postgresql11-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 442df0f8: NOKEY PostgreSQL 11 30 - x86_64 1.6 MB/s | 1.7 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0x442DF0F8: Userid : "PostgreSQL RPM Building Project <pgsqlrpms-hackers@pgfoundry.org>" Fingerprint: 68C9 E2B9 1A37 D136 FE74 D176 1F16 D2E1 442D F0F8 From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG Is this ok [y/N]: y Key imported successfully Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : postgresql11-libs-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 1/3 Running scriptlet: postgresql11-libs-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 1/3 Installing : postgresql11-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 2/3 Running scriptlet: postgresql11-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 2/3 failed to link /usr/bin/psql -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-psql: /usr/bin/psql exists and it is not a symlink failed to link /usr/bin/clusterdb -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-clusterdb: /usr/bin/clusterdb exists and it is not a symlink failed to link /usr/bin/createdb -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-createdb: /usr/bin/createdb exists and it is not a symlink failed to link /usr/bin/createuser -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-createuser: /usr/bin/createuser exists and it is not a symlink failed to link /usr/bin/dropdb -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-dropdb: /usr/bin/dropdb exists and it is not a symlink failed to link /usr/bin/dropuser -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-dropuser: /usr/bin/dropuser exists and it is not a symlink failed to link /usr/bin/pg_dump -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-pg_dump: /usr/bin/pg_dump exists and it is not a symlink failed to link /usr/bin/pg_dumpall -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-pg_dumpall: /usr/bin/pg_dumpall exists and it is not a symlink failed to link /usr/bin/pg_restore -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-pg_restore: /usr/bin/pg_restore exists and it is not a symlink failed to link /usr/bin/reindexdb -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-reindexdb: /usr/bin/reindexdb exists and it is not a symlink failed to link /usr/bin/vacuumdb -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-vacuumdb: /usr/bin/vacuumdb exists and it is not a symlink Running scriptlet: postgresql11-server-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 3/3 Installing : postgresql11-server-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 3/3 Running scriptlet: postgresql11-server-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 3/3 Verifying : postgresql11-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 1/3 Verifying : postgresql11-libs-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 2/3 Verifying : postgresql11-server-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 3/3 Installed: postgresql11-server-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 postgresql11-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 postgresql11-libs-11.5-1PGDG.f30.x86_64 Complete! |
After installing the PostgreSQL Server 11, you need to initialize the database. You use the following command to initialize the database as the root user:
/usr/pgsql-11/bin/postgresql-11-setup initdb |
It should return the following:
Initializing database ... OK |
The PostgreSQL Server 11 database installs in the /var/lib/pgsql/11/data directory. You can list the contents, which should mirror these:
drwx------. 5 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 base drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 global drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 log drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_commit_ts drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_dynshmem -rw-------. 1 postgres postgres 4269 Aug 19 02:45 pg_hba.conf -rw-------. 1 postgres postgres 1636 Aug 19 02:45 pg_ident.conf drwx------. 4 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_logical drwx------. 4 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_multixact drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_notify drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_replslot drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_serial drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_snapshots drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_stat drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_stat_tmp drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_subtrans drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_tblspc drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_twophase -rw-------. 1 postgres postgres 3 Aug 19 02:45 PG_VERSION drwx------. 3 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_wal drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Aug 19 02:45 pg_xact -rw-------. 1 postgres postgres 88 Aug 19 02:45 postgresql.auto.conf -rw-------. 1 postgres postgres 23895 Aug 19 02:45 postgresql.conf |
You need to enable and start the postgresql-11.service with the following commands as the root user:
systemctl enable postgresql-11.service systemctl start postgresql-11.service |
You can login to test the configuration as the root user, like this:
su - postgres -c "psql" |
You will see something like this:
psql: /usr/pgsql-11/lib/libpq.so.5: no version information available (required by psql) psql: /usr/pgsql-11/lib/libpq.so.5: no version information available (required by psql) psql (11.4, server 11.5) Type "help" for help. postgres=# |
The error message appear to indicate there’s a bug (at least Bug #15798 is similar). Specifically, a missing function in the libya.so.5 library. Determining that impact took some time because of what else I had in the queue.
The Bug (at least Bug #15798 gave part of the fix. The problem was figuring out where the LD_LIBRARY_PATH should really be set, and I sorted that out.
If you inspect the postgres home directory (/var/lib/pgsql), you’ll find the following .bash_profile file:
[ -f /etc/profile ] && source /etc/profile PGDATA=/var/lib/pgsql/11/data export PGDATA # If you want to customize your settings, # Use the file below. This is not overridden # by the RPMS. [ -f /var/lib/pgsql/.pgsql_profile ] && source /var/lib/pgsql/.pgsql_profile |
Then, you create the .pgsql_profile file in that directory. You should put the following command in the file:
export set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64 needle < /dev/null |
Then, when you login as the postgres user:
psql -U postgres |
You will see:
psql (11.4, server 11.5) Type "help" for help. postgres=# |
or, you can login to test the configuration as the root user with the syntax used earlier:
su - postgres -c "psql" |
You need to put the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable in the .bashrc of users who will access the PostgreSQL 11 database.
As always, I hope this helps those working it from the ground up.
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