to check weather the port is free or not?

[postgres@machine10 bin]$ netstat -a|grep 5432

unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 35392 /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 35391
/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432
[postgres@machine10 bin]$

Postgres11 instalation via source method:

=========================================

STEP1:Checking pre-requisites.

[root@pitr_basebkp postgresql-11.0]# rpm -qa gcc

gcc-4.4.7-18.el6.x86_64
[root@pitr_basebkp postgresql-11.0]# make -version
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This program built for x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu

[root@pitr_basebkp postgresql-11.0]# rpm -qa readline
readline-6.0-4.el6.x86_64
[root@pitr_basebkp postgresql-11.0]# rpm -qa zlib
zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64
==> step-2: Download the software from below link and place into the server

https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/v11.0/

postgresql-11.0.tar.gz

==> Step-3:The above software copy to the /u01

[root@machine2 ~]# cp postgresql-11.0.tar.gz /u01

[root@machine2 ~]# cd /u01
[root@machine2 u01]# ls -lrt
total 27356
drwx------. 2 root root 16384 May 11 13:39 lost+found
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 27992346 May 11 15:36 postgresql-11.0.tar.gz

==> Step4:un-tar the s/w

[root@machine2 u01]# tar -xvf postgresql-11.0.tar.gz

[root@machine2 u01]# ls -lrt

total 27360
drwxrwxrwx. 6 1107 1107 4096 Oct 16 2018 postgresql-11.0
drwx------. 2 root root 16384 May 11 13:39 lost+found
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 27992346 May 11 15:36 postgresql-11.0.tar.gz

==>

==> step5:Install s/w

[root@pitr_basebkp postgresql-11.0]# pwd

 /u01/postgresql-11.0
[root@pitr_basebkp postgresql-11.0]#./configure
[root@pitr_basebkp postgresql-11.0]#make
[root@pitr_basebkp postgresql-11.0]#make install

==> Step6:Need postgres user and set the password.

[root@machine2 ~]# useradd postgres

To set password from user postgres

[root@machine2 ~]# passwd postgres

Changing password for user postgres.
New password:
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

Step-7:Create Data Directory and change the ownership for storing

thedatafiles and conf files i.e /u01/data

[root@machine2 ~]# mkdir /u01/data

[root@machine2 ~]# chown -R postgres:postgres /u01/data
[root@machine2 ~]# chmod -R 775 /u01/data

==> Step-8:Creating cluster:

=========================
You can create the cluster by using "initdb" utility

[root@machine2 postgresql-11.0]# sudo su - postgres

-bash-4.1$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /u01/data
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"postgres".
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locale "en_US.UTF-8".

The default database encoding has accordingly been set to "UTF8".
The default text search configuration will be set to "english".

Data page checksums are disabled.

fixing permissions on existing directory /u01/data ... ok

creating subdirectories ... ok
selecting default max_connections ... 100
selecting default shared_buffers ... 128MB
selecting dynamic shared memory implementation ... posix
creating configuration files ... ok
running bootstrap script ... ok
performing post-bootstrap initialization ... ok
syncing data to disk ... ok

WARNING: enabling "trust" authentication for local connections

You can change this by editing pg_hba.conf or using the option -A, or
--auth-local and --auth-host, the next time you run initdb.

Success. You can now start the database server using:

 ==> step-09:Starting the cluster:

To start the cluster by using "pg_ctl" utility

-bash-4.1$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /u01/data start
waiting for server to start....2021-05-11 15:56:02.674 IST
[22544] LOG: listening on IPv6 address "::1", port 5432
2021-05-11 15:56:02.674 IST [22544] LOG: listening on IPv4
address "127.0.0.1", port 5432
2021-05-11 15:56:02.678 IST [22544] LOG: listening on Unix
socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"
2021-05-11 15:56:02.687 IST [22545] LOG: database system was
shut down at 2021-05-11 15:54:49 IST
2021-05-11 15:56:02.690 IST [22544] LOG: database system is
ready to accept connections
done
server started

==> Step-10:verify cluster is running or not?

-bash-4.1$ ps -efa|grep postgres
root 12596 3359 0 07:35 pts/1 00:00:00 sudo su - postgres
root 12597 12596 0 07:35 pts/1 00:00:00 su - postgres
postgres 12598 12597 0 07:35 pts/1 00:00:00 -bash
postgres 12652 1 0 07:36 pts/1 00:00:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D
/u01/data
postgres 12654 12652 0 07:36 ? 00:00:00 postgres: checkpointer
postgres 12655 12652 0 07:36 ? 00:00:00 postgres: background writer
postgres 12656 12652 0 07:36 ? 00:00:00 postgres: walwriter
postgres 12657 12652 0 07:36 ? 00:00:00 postgres: autovacuum launcher
postgres 12658 12652 0 07:36 ? 00:00:00 postgres: stats collector
postgres 12659 12652 0 07:36 ? 00:00:00 postgres: logical replication
launcher
postgres 12660 12598 4 07:36 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -efa
postgres 12661 12598 0 07:36 pts/1 00:00:00 grep postgres

Connecting to cluster:
To connecting the cluster by using "psql" utility

-bash-4.1$ psql
psql (8.4.20, server 11.0)
WARNING: psql version 8.4, server version 11.0.
Some psql features might not work.
Type "help" for help.

postgres=# \l
List of databases
Name | Owner | Encoding | Collation | Ctype | Access privileges
-----------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------
+-----------------------
postgres | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |
template0 | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c/postgres
:
postgres=CTc/postgres
template1 | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c/postgres
:
postgres=CTc/postgres
(3 rows)
==> By default, PostgreSQL listens on port 5432. You can check it with the
following command:

[root@pgsourcecode2 data]# ss -antpl | grep 5432

LISTEN 0 128 127.0.0.1:5432 *:*
users:(("postmaster",5430,4))
LISTEN 0 128 ::1:5432 :::*
users:(("postmaster",5430,3))