(March 2025) Compiling and Installing PostgreSQL 17.4 on Linux
I successfully compiled and installed the latest version of PostgreSQL (17.4) on Ubuntu ARM32. The commands in this article are mainly derived from the official PostgreSQL documentation. I have actually tested every command in this article. You can see the systems that can be successfully installed here PostgreSQL Buildfarm Compile and Install PostgreSQL 17.4 1. Create a directory and enter the directory mkdir postgresql && cd postgresql mkdir postgresql: Creates a new directory named postgresql. cd postgresql: Enters the postgresql directory that was just created. 2. Download the PostgreSQL source code wget https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v17.4/postgresql-17.4.tar.bz2 wget: Downloads a file from the specified URL. https://..../postgresql-17.4.tar.bz2: Download link for the compressed source code package of PostgreSQL version 17.4. If the link is invalid, you can find a new link yourself. 3. Unzip the source code package tar xjf postgresql-17.4.tar.bz2 tar: Used to process .tar compressed files. ...