Re: Could not find your PostgreSQL installation in /var/lib/pgsql

You've used : su - root
Before this, you possibly need populate some environment variables from your postgre user.

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From: "Terrance Chen"<naturalchen(at)yahoo(dot)com>;
Date: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 11:14 PM
To: "pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org"<pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>;

Subject: [BUGS] Could not find your PostgreSQL installation in /var/lib/pgsql

system=fedora15
software env=all software in DVD are completely installed(include pgsql psql) and some thing like pppoe
postgresql are install with fedora by default option,
/etc/passwd/: postgres PostgreSQL Server:/var/lib/pgsql:/bin/bash

operations:
su - postgres
initdb -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -E UTF-8
pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -l logfile start
pg_ctl status {terminal return pg_ctl: (PID: 3052)/usr/bin/postgres "-D" "/var/lib/pgsql/data"}
createdb DatabaseName
psql DatabaseName
su - root
cd /home/download/pgadmin3-1.14.0

./configure --with-pgsql=/var/lib/pgsql

{ Could not find your PostgreSQL installation in /var/lib/pgsql }