Re: install postgres8.1 on debian

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: iuri(dot)sampaio(at)computer(dot)org
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: install postgres8.1 on debian
Date: 2006-09-15 14:02:30
Message-ID: 24138.1158328950@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Iuri Sampaio" <iuri(dot)sampaio(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/pgsql/include': File exists

Perhaps there is a plain file (not a directory) at that location?

You will generally need to do the "make install" step as root if you're
installing into a standard location such as /usr/local ... but I'd have
expected a permissions failure rather than "file exists" if that were
the issue.

regards, tom lane

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