Re: postgres source code installation vs rpm based installation

On 6/4/19 3:00 PM, Pavan Kumar wrote:
> Hello Experts,
>
> I have couple of questions on postgres installation.
>
> 1. which way of installation is better ? source code or rpm based ?
> 2. for instance , If we need to install same version postgres on multiple 
> times on same server. how do we need to handle this with rpm ?
> 3. If I go with source code installation, in case we need to upgrade OS(6 
> to 7) , do we need to recompile existing postgres binaries ?

Are you a Windows DBA with no Linux or Postgres experience?  (I ask that so 
that we know "where you are" in regards to installing software on Linux.)

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