Introduction
Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, AUR maintainer refuses competition with the official package at the same major version.
This version may cohabit with other major versions, including the official one.
Data directory is /var/lib/postgres/data18
Initialize the database
su - postgres . /opt/postgresql18/bin/pgenv.sh initdb Start the service
systemctl start postgresql18 Use the service
. /opt/postgresql18/bin/pgenv.sh psql -U postgres
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mrechte commented on 2025-09-29 10:46 (UTC)
Introduction
Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, AUR maintainer refuses competition with the official package at the same major version.
This version may cohabit with other major versions, including the official one.
Data directory is /var/lib/postgres/data18
Initialize the database
Start the service
Use the service