Re: Installing Postgresql

In article <h4hhfj2zyfd(dot)fsf(at)vcmr-19(dot)rcs(dot)rpi(dot)edu>,
Collin W. Hitchcock <hitchc(at)vcmr-19(dot)rcs(dot)rpi(dot)edu> wrote:
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>"Stiaan" <foresters(at)pixie(dot)co(dot)za> writes:
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>> Ok, help me here.
>>
>> Whenever I try to run Postmaster or I start the deamon it gives me the error
>> message that he PGDATA directory cannot be found. I've set it in my
>> .bash_profile file in /etc/skel : /home/user : /root directories.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?

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>As a sanity test, try setting the PGDATA and PGLIB manually and
>starting the postmaster manually. Logged in as the postgres user and
>looking at a bash prompt do:
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>export PGLIB=/wherever/you/keep/the/postgres/lib/files
>export PGDATA=/wherever/you/keep/the/database
>postmaster

Also, don't forget to do the initial 'initdb' with these
values set.

Les Mikesell
les(at)mcs(dot)com