Re: [ADMIN] Postgres installation killing me - Mailing list pgsql-admin
| From | Bruce Momjian |
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| Subject | Re: [ADMIN] Postgres installation killing me |
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| Msg-id | 199805310151.VAA04379@candle.pha.pa.us Whole thread Raw |
| In response to | Postgres installation killing me (Leon Harris <leon@dingo.nhlbi.nih.gov>) |
| List | pgsql-admin |
> > > --------------E19EB0EED44B2E40075ECC9E > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi to all ! > > I am having an utter bitch of a time getting postgres up and running. > I am using it on a redhat 5.0 system (P166, 64 meg 4 gb HD), using > kernel 2.0.32 and > installed it with the following rpms: > > postgresql-6.2.1-7 > postgresql-data-6.2.1-7 > postgresql-devel-6.2.1-7 > > my data directory is /var/lib/pgsql, and I am able to connect to my > "database" template1 with the command psql template1. > > I cannot create a new database with createdb - I get the following > error message: > /bin/createdb: can't find the monitor program! > > if I use psql or monitor, these also die (monitor because of an > inability to find an old libc.so.4) Monitor? That was removed in version 1.?. You must have a very old release there. Go to ftp.postgresql.org or www.postgresql.org and get a newer version. > > initdb doesn't work either, due to > initdb: POSTGRESHOME not set > error > > What is the problem? All the progs are on the path. > > There is nothing about the POSTGRESHOME variable in the documentation. > > Needless to say, this group is nearly my last resort. Could someone please tell me what is going on? > > Also if you could post the reply to leon@dingo.nhlbi.nih.gov, I'd be much obliged. > > thanks, > > Leon > > -- > Leon Harris > Visiting Fellow > Room 221, Bldg 3 > 3 Centre Drive, Bethesda, MD > National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute > National Institutes of Health. > phone 301 496 6390 > > > > --------------E19EB0EED44B2E40075ECC9E > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > <HTML> > Hi to all ! > > <P>I am having an utter bitch of a time getting postgres up and running. > <BR>I am using it on a redhat 5.0 system (P166, 64 meg 4 gb HD), using > kernel 2.0.32 and > <BR>installed it with the following rpms: > > <P>postgresql-6.2.1-7 > <BR>postgresql-data-6.2.1-7 > <BR>postgresql-devel-6.2.1-7 > > <P>my data directory is /var/lib/pgsql, and I am able to connect to my > "database" template1 with the command psql template1. > > <P>I cannot create a new database with createdb - I get the following > error message: > <BR>/bin/createdb: can't find the monitor program! > > <P>if I use psql or monitor, these also die (monitor because of an inability > to find an old libc.so.4) > > <P>initdb doesn't work either, due to > <BR>initdb: POSTGRESHOME not set > <BR>error > <PRE>What is the problem? All the progs are on the path.</PRE> > > <PRE>There is nothing about the POSTGRESHOME variable in the documentation.</PRE> > > <PRE>Needless to say, this group is nearly my last resort. Could someone please tell me what is going on?</PRE> > > <PRE>Also if you could post the reply to leon@dingo.nhlbi.nih.gov, I'd be much obliged.</PRE> > > <PRE></PRE> > > <PRE>thanks,</PRE> > > <PRE>Leon</PRE> > > <PRE></PRE> > > <PRE></PRE> > > <PRE></PRE> > > <PRE>-- > Leon Harris > Visiting Fellow > Room 221, Bldg 3 > 3 Centre Drive, Bethesda, MD > National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute > National Institutes of Health. > phone 301 496 6390</PRE> > </HTML> > > --------------E19EB0EED44B2E40075ECC9E-- > > > -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)
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