Installation from CentOS repository:


  1. To install the PostgreSQL server, run:

    sudo yum install postgresql-server postgresql-contrib


  2. To initialize the database, run:

    sudo postgresql-setup initdb


  3. To start PostgreSQL, run:

    sudo systemctl start postgresql


  4. Turn on automatic PostgreSQL startup after OS startup:

    sudo systemctl enable postgresql


  5. To install the PostgreSQL ODBC driver, run:

    sudo yum install postgresql-odbc