Re: Issue with pgAdmin4 not finding pg_dump

From: Aditya Toshniwal <aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: "anthony(dot)flury" <anthony(dot)flury(at)btinternet(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Issue with pgAdmin4 not finding pg_dump
Date: 2024-09-24 09:52:26
Message-ID: CAM9w-_mQW+bQe32t8HuaJYp4E9dhbmq4u=afG6TPMtMc2zQEsw@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Anthony,

What is the output of validate in preferences -> binary paths?

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 2:28 PM anthony.flury <anthony(dot)flury(at)btinternet(dot)com>
wrote:

> I am trying to do a simple backup of my PostGreSql 12 database via
> pgAdmin4 (v 8.12) on Ubuntu 22.04
>
> In Preferences I have the path for PostGre 12 set to '/usr/bin/', and I
> have confirmed that that pg_dump utility exists in /usr/bin directory, and
> I can run pg_dump from the command line.
>
> However when I select 'backup' for my database in pgAdmin4, it generates
> an error saying `/usr/bin/pg_dump' not found (despite it being there).
>
> What is the problem here ?
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Thanks,
Aditya Toshniwal
pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Software Architect | *enterprisedb.com*
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