Re: /usr/sbin/useradd is needed by postgresql-server-8.0.1-PGDG - Mailing list pgsql-general

Ok.. thanks.

...seconds later...

It worked!  hmm.. strange...  why is that?  is this a bug for the rpm
installer?  If so, here's my distro:

Fedora Core 2

maybe the rpm has issues with this distro?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Uwe C. Schroeder" <uwe@oss4u.com>
To: "Rey Arqueza" <rey@rey.bz>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] /usr/sbin/useradd is needed by
postgresql-server-8.0.1-PGDG


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> maybe you try a --nodeps parameter to your rpm call. If the useradd
command is
> around and in your path the remainder of the installation should succeed.
>
>
> On Monday 14 February 2005 11:21 pm, Rey Arqueza wrote:
> > I have added  /usr/sbin to my path (bash) and /usr/sbin/useradd does
exist
> > (and the command works when I type the command from any directory).
> >
> > However I still get the same error when running rpm -i ..etc.
> >
> > I don't remember having issues like this with the PostgreSQL 7.x rpm's..
> > Maybe because I used the PostgreSQL rpms that were built into the distro
I
> > used instead of latest bleeding edge releases of PostgreSQL.
> >
> > Anyway, here is what I did in the following order
> > 1. rpm -i postgresql-libs-8.0.1-1PGDG.i686.rpm
> > 2. rpm -i postgresql-8.0.1-1PGDG.i686.RPM
> > 3. rpm -i postgresql-server-8.0.1-1PGDG.i686.rpm
> >
> > Just curious why there isn't a single install rpm that does all of the
> > above (libs, client, server) ?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Daniel Martini" <dmartini@uni-hohenheim.de>
> > To: "Rey Arqueza" <rey@rey.bz>
> > Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 1:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] /usr/sbin/useradd is needed by
> > postgresql-server-8.0.1-PGDG
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Citing Rey Arqueza <rey@rey.bz>:
> > > > after running:  rpm -i ./postgresql-server-8.0.1-1PGDG.i686.rpm, I
get
> >
> > the
> >
> > > > following error:
> > > >
> > > > error: Failed dependencies:
> > > > /usr/sbin/useradd is needed by postgresql-server-8.0.1-PGDG
> > > >
> > > > I would guess that /usr/sbin needs to be in my path? if I guessed
> >
> > correctly,
> >
> > > > how do I do that?
> > >
> > > If you're using a Bourne shell/Korn shell derivative (bash, ksh...):
> > > export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin
> > >
> > > If you're using a C-Shell derivative (csh, tcsh...):
> > > setenv PATH $PATH':/usr/sbin'
> > >
> > > > If this is not the case, then what could possibly cause
> > > > this error message?
> > >
> > > Does /usr/sbin/useradd exist? If not, you could be missing the rpm
which
> > > contains it.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Daniel
> > >
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