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# switch to the PostgreSQL user
sudo -iu postgres
# create the cluster directory if needed
sudo mkdir /var/lib/postgres
sudo chown postgres:postgres /var/lib/postgres
# initialize the database cluster
initdb -D /var/lib/postgres/data
# $LANG (en_US.UTF-8) is used to deduce the locale and the encoding
# or can be defined manually:
initdb --locale=C.UTF-8 --encoding=UTF8 -D /var/lib/postgres/data --data-checksums
# start the service
sc-start postgresql.service
# create a user
# If the new user has the same name as your Linux user, it allows you to access the PostgreSQL database shell without having to specify a user to login.
createuser --interactive
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