Dependencies:

• GNU Make Version > 3.80
• an ISO/ ANSI C-Compiler (e.g. gcc)
• an extractor like tar or gzip
• zlib-devel
• readline-devel oder libedit-devel

Sources: Link to the latest source (9.6.3)

Now you can extract the source files:

tar -xzvf postgresql-9.6.3.tar.gz

There are a large number of different options for the configuration of PostgreSQL:

Full Link to the full installation procedure

Small list of available options:

• --prefix=PATH path for all files
• --exec-prefix=PATH path for architectur-dependet file
• --bindir=PATH path for executable programs
• --sysconfdir=PATH path for configuration files
• --with-pgport=NUMBER specify a port for your server
• --with-perl add perl support
• --with-python add python support
• --with-openssl add openssl support