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9. Linux Servers
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9. Linux Servers

Perform the following steps on your Linux server:

Check if your PostgreSQL server software was installed with your distribution's package manager or by some other method. If you used the package manager, installation is easy - just install the plv8 package that matches your database server version. For example, if you have installed the postgresql-9.5 package then install the postgresql-9.5-plv8 package, too.

If your PostgreSQL server was installed some other way or you cannot find an appropriate plv8 package, do the following on your Linux server:

  • Download our Linux plv8 bundle

  • Copy this to the server Desktop

  • Find the folder where PostgreSQL is installed. This should have sub-folders named bin, lib, shared, etc. Write down the full directory path, which looks something like /usr/local/postgres/9.2.4 or /Library/PostgreSQL/9.3.

  • Open a Terminal window on your Linux server

  • Type the following ($ is the shell prompt - don't type that part):

    $ cd Desktop
$ tar xf xtuple_plv8.tgz
# if "xtuple_plv8.tgz" doesn't exist, try "xtuple_plv8.tar"
$ cd xtuple_plv8
$ sudo ./install_plv8.sh

  • Enter your password when install_plv8.sh asks

  • Enter the full path to the PostgreSQL installation directory when install_plv8.sh asks. If you make a mistake, it'll just ask again. Type CTRL-C to quit if you can't remember the full path.

  • install_plv8.sh will run for another second or two and you'll get a shell prompt back.

Now create the extension as described above.

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