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steps for installing postgres 9.6 on Centos7 or RHEL

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Update the RPM package

rpm -ivh https://yum.postgresql.org/9.6/redhat/rhel-7.3-x86_64/pgdg-centos96-9.6-3.noarch.rpm

Update packages

yum update

Install Postgres

yum install postgresql96 postgresql96-server postgresql96-libs postgresql96-contrib postgresql96-devel

Initialize the DB

/usr/pgsql-9.6/bin/postgresql96-setup initdb

Start the Postgres service

systemctl enable postgresql-9.6.service
systemctl start postgresql-9.6.service

mtahle commented Sep 28, 2022

Retrieving https://yum.postgresql.org/9.6/redhat/rhel-7.3-x86_64/pgdg-centos96-9.6-3.noarch.rpm
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
error: skipping https://yum.postgresql.org/9.6/redhat/rhel-7.3-x86_64/pgdg-centos96-9.6-3.noarch.rpm - transfer failed

apatuka commented Oct 26, 2023

https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-9-x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm

BluLeader commented Jul 11, 2024

Below is another example to install PostgreSQL 9.6 on RHEL/CentOS 7:

cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-96.repo
[pgdg96-archive]
name=PostgreSQL 9.6 RPMs for RHEL/CentOS 7
baseurl=https://yum-archive.postgresql.org/9.6/redhat/rhel-7-x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://yum.postgresql.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
EOF

Now, you can install PostgreSQL 9.6 on RHEL/CentOS 7:

yum install postgresql96-server