How To Install postgresql-server on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-server
on CentOS 7.
What is postgresql-server
PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS). The postgresql-server package contains the programs needed to create and run a PostgreSQL server, which will in turn allow you to create and maintain PostgreSQL databases.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install postgresql-server
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install postgresql-server.
Install postgresql-server on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install postgresql-server
using yum
by running the following command:
Install postgresql-server on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install postgresql-server
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall postgresql-server on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the postgresql-server
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-server
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.