Re: Installing PostgreSQL in a Unix Platform

Hello,

If you are compiling from source then the postgresql startup script does
not get installed.
You can use pg_ctl in /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl to start postgresql.
Alternatively you
can install the startup script from the contrib directory startscripts/linux

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

Eyinagho Newton wrote:

>It has been impossible to install PostgreSQL, an open
>source software, from my SUSE 8.0 . Although it tells
>you its been installed, each time i try to start it
>using SysV-Init Editor, i get the following message:
>
><start>starting</start><cmd>/etc/init.d/postgresql</cmd>""<br/>
>starting postgreSQL
>/etc/init.d/postgresql.checkproc:command not found
>....done
>
>What exactly am i doing wrong? Or better still, what
>haven't i done yet? Please help me
>
>Newton Eyinagho
>
>
>
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