This is a quick guide to install PostgreSQL 10 - tested on Ubuntu 16.04 but likely can be used for Ubuntu 14.04 and 17.04 as well, with one minor modification detailed below.
To make life simple, remove all other versions of Postgres. Obviously not required, but again, makes life simple. If you have data in your previous version of postgres that you'd like to retain, then this is not recommended. Instead, you'll have to use pg_upgrade or pg_upgradecluster.
dpkg -l | grep postgres
returned for me:
ii postgresql 9.5+173 all object-relational SQL database (supported version)
ii postgresql-9.5 9.5.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 object-relational SQL database, version 9.5 server
ii postgresql-client-9.5 9.5.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 front-end programs for PostgreSQL 9.5
ii postgresql-client-common 173 all manager for multiple PostgreSQL client versions
ii postgresql-common 173 all PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
ii postgresql-contrib-9.5 9.5.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 additional facilities for PostgreSQL
... therefore I ran:
sudo apt-get --purge remove postgresql postgresql-9.5 postgresql-client-9.5 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common postgresql-contrib-9.5The current default Ubuntu apt repositories only have up to postgresql-9.6. To get 10, we'll add the official postgres apt repository.
Ubuntu 14.04:sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trusty-pgdg main'- 14.04 is end of life, but the unupdated archive might work:
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://apt-archive.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trusty-pgdg main'
- 14.04 is end of life, but the unupdated archive might work:
- Ubuntu 16.04:
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ xenial-pgdg main' - Ubuntu 17.04:
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ zesty-pgdg main'
Now import the repository signing key, followed by an update to the package lists:
wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | \
sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql-10 postgresql-contrib-10Ensure that the server is started by switching to the postgres user.
sudo su - postgres
/usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/10/main -l logfile startIf that fails, the server might be running, so restart it to be safe: /usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/10/main -l logfile restart
That should return something like:
postgres@computer-name:~$ /usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/10/main -l logfile restart
waiting for server to shut down.... done
server stopped
waiting for server to start.... done
server startedWhich means your PostgreSQL 10 is up and running!
Since we're still logged in as the postgres user, now is a good time to create your own user account.
This allows you to use operating system level authentication locally, greatly simplifying access to the database. I also like to create a database with my username, as this is the default database that psql will connect to, and if the database doesn't exist psql throws a pesky error (which gets me every time).
psql
CREATE ROLE <username> SUPERUSER LOGIN REPLICATION CREATEDB CREATEROLE;
CREATE DATABASE <username> OWNER <username>;
\q
Note that we create the database with the same name as our account. This isn't necessary, but is useful as by default psql will try to login to a database with the same name as your username.
Now we can exit the postgres user and query normally!
postgres@computer:~$ logout