Re: Installing PostgreSQL on Oracle Solaris

On 3/23/19 8:42 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Igor Korot <ikorot01(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>>>>> igor(at)solaris:/usr$ sudo bunzip2 < postgresql-9.6.1-S11.i386-64.tar.bz2
>>>>> | tar xpf -
>
>> On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 9:25 AM Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Off hand I would say the user you are running as does not have the permissions to unpack the tarball in the location you have selected.
>
>> You mean even running as "sudo"?
>
> In the above, the "sudo" raises the permissions of the bunzip2 program
> (quite uselessly, AFAICS), while doing nothing for the tar program in
> the other pipe step. Put the "sudo" in the other pipe step.
>
> (This is assuming that unpacking straight into /usr is actually what
> you want to do. I share the doubts of the other responders about
> that being a wise procedure.)

It is what the README says:

https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v9.6.1/solaris/solaris11/i386/

"The files will be installed in directories under
'postgres/9.6-pgdg', so if you install under /usr they will be at
locations similar to any PostgreSQL in Solaris."

>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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