I just install it as my own user on my laptop... I usually do something like
./configure --prefix=/Users/myaccount/pgsql
make && make install
then
cd ~/
pgsql/bin/initdb -D /Users/myaccount/pgsql/data
pgsql/bin/pg_ctl _D /Users/myaccount/pgsql/data start
and I'm off to the races ;-)
Good luck!
On 10/18/07, Lizhe.Xu@aphis.usda.gov <Lizhe.Xu@aphis.usda.gov> wrote:
Hi, I am a newbie for pgsql and tried to install it on my MacBookPro Intel. I got everything correct until creating the user: postgres and initdb, then the error message showed up for running the db. How to fix the problem?
LizheXusComputer:/Users/lizhexu pgsql$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
[1] 17837
LizheXusComputer:/Users/lizhexu pgsql$ su: logfile: Permission denied
[1]+ Exit 1 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1
LizheXusComputer:/Users/lizhexu pgsql$ su lizhexu
Password:
LizheXusComputer:~ lizhexu$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
[1] 17842
LizheXusComputer:~ lizhexu$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
createdb: could not connect to database postgres: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
[1]+ Exit 2 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1
Thank you very much.
L
