I don' know if you have make some installation process
rpm -i postgresql-libs-7.1.3-1PGDG.i386.rpm
rpm -i ...
rpm -i ..
Normaly you don't need to use add user and initdb
I think is easy to make first
userdel postgres
rpm -i ...
rpm -i ..
/etc/init.d/postgres start # it initialise the database location
for you in /var/lib/pgsql
su postgres
createdb
createuser
....
Best regards,
NK.
"John Fabiani" <jfabiani@yolo.com> le 24/10/2001 16:57:48
Pour : pgsql-general@postgresql.org
cc : (ccc : Tô Ngoc-Khoi/BPF/BIE/VNU)
Objet : Re: [GENERAL] Installation problems
I'm a newbie too. In my case I had to create the directories prior to
initdb. Also I had to create the linux user "postrgres".
John
"James Szabadics" <jmsz@wespine.com.au> wrote in message
news:d1f73d90.0110240031.4c55331f@posting.google.com...
> I recently decided I would install Postgres 7.1.3 server on a Linux
> Redhat 7.1 server.
>
> I downloaded the following RPMS and installed them in this order with
> no apparent problems.
>
> postgresql-libs-7.1.3-1PGDG.i386.rpm
> postgresql-7.1.3-1PGDG.i386.rpm
> postgresql-server-7.1.3-1PGDG.i386.rpm
>
> Now where to from here?
>
> I did this
>
> adduser database
> su database
> initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
>
> but all I got was that the file didnt exist?
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Have I missed a vital component/step?
>
> Regards
>
> James Szabadics
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