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Created March 17, 2010 02:32
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Setup PostgreSQL 8.4 on CentOS 5.4 (64-bit)
sudo su -
echo PGDATA=/var/lib/pgsql/data >> /etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql # Specify where the databases are stored
service postgresql initdb # Initialize the database
chkconfig postgresql on # Set postgresql to start up on boot
service postgresql start # Start postgresql service
exit # Drop out of root
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