| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | leon(at)dingo(dot)nhlbi(dot)nih(dot)gov (Leon Harris) |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [ADMIN] Postgres installation killing me |
| Date: | 1998-05-31 01:51:52 |
| Message-ID: | 199805310151.VAA04379@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Hi to all !
>
> I am having an utter bitch of a time getting postgres up and running.
> I am using it on a redhat 5.0 system (P166, 64 meg 4 gb HD), using
> kernel 2.0.32 and
> installed it with the following rpms:
>
> postgresql-6.2.1-7
> postgresql-data-6.2.1-7
> postgresql-devel-6.2.1-7
>
> my data directory is /var/lib/pgsql, and I am able to connect to my
> "database" template1 with the command psql template1.
>
> I cannot create a new database with createdb - I get the following
> error message:
> /bin/createdb: can't find the monitor program!
>
> if I use psql or monitor, these also die (monitor because of an
> inability to find an old libc.so.4)
Monitor? That was removed in version 1.?. You must have a very old
release there. Go to ftp.postgresql.org or www.postgresql.org and get a
newer version.
>
> initdb doesn't work either, due to
> initdb: POSTGRESHOME not set
> error
>
> What is the problem? All the progs are on the path.
>
> There is nothing about the POSTGRESHOME variable in the documentation.
>
> Needless to say, this group is nearly my last resort. Could someone please tell me what is going on?
>
> Also if you could post the reply to leon(at)dingo(dot)nhlbi(dot)nih(dot)gov, I'd be much obliged.
>
> thanks,
>
> Leon
>
> --
> Leon Harris
> Visiting Fellow
> Room 221, Bldg 3
> 3 Centre Drive, Bethesda, MD
> National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
> National Institutes of Health.
> phone 301 496 6390
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> Hi to all !
>
> <P>I am having an utter bitch of a time getting postgres up and running.
> <BR>I am using it on a redhat 5.0 system (P166, 64 meg 4 gb HD), using
> kernel 2.0.32 and
> <BR>installed it with the following rpms:
>
> <P>postgresql-6.2.1-7
> <BR>postgresql-data-6.2.1-7
> <BR>postgresql-devel-6.2.1-7
>
> <P>my data directory is /var/lib/pgsql, and I am able to connect to my
> "database" template1 with the command psql template1.
>
> <P>I cannot create a new database with createdb - I get the following
> error message:
> <BR>/bin/createdb: can't find the monitor program!
>
> <P>if I use psql or monitor, these also die (monitor because of an inability
> to find an old libc.so.4)
>
> <P>initdb doesn't work either, due to
> <BR>initdb: POSTGRESHOME not set
> <BR>error
> <PRE>What is the problem? All the progs are on the path.</PRE>
>
> <PRE>There is nothing about the POSTGRESHOME variable in the documentation.</PRE>
>
> <PRE>Needless to say, this group is nearly my last resort. Could someone please tell me what is going on?</PRE>
>
> <PRE>Also if you could post the reply to leon(at)dingo(dot)nhlbi(dot)nih(dot)gov, I'd be much obliged.</PRE>
>
> <PRE></PRE>
>
> <PRE>thanks,</PRE>
>
> <PRE>Leon</PRE>
>
> <PRE></PRE>
>
> <PRE></PRE>
>
> <PRE></PRE>
>
> <PRE>--
> Leon Harris
> Visiting Fellow
> Room 221, Bldg 3
> 3 Centre Drive, Bethesda, MD
> National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
> National Institutes of Health.
> phone 301 496 6390</PRE>
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