Thanks for all the suggestions. I was able to configire and compile it. I set the data directory to one of my directories, use 'initdb' successfully. I am also able to start the pgsql and can see that it is running on port 4444 as I had configured.
Now the problem is when I try to create a db using createdb, I get the error:
createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: role "ritesh" does not exist
> You must be postgres user to run this. Another option might be passing > a user switch .
I cannot run with postgres as I dont have access and I am not sure how to use the user switch? Any help?
I guess once I am through with this, I am successful!
Ritesh
Richard Huxton wrote: > Gurjeet Singh wrote: >> You are talking about /usr/local/data; so I assume that you are trying >> this >> on Linux or some other Nixen. >> >> You just need to use the --prefix option to configure... Here's what I >> typically do: >> >> Download/'CVS checkout' the sources. Enter the source directory, and >> invoke >> configure like this: >> >> ./configure --enable-debug --prefix `pwd`/db CFLAGS=-O0 >> >> And the run 'make' and 'make install'. This will install the data in your >> <sources_dir>/db/data. > > And then of course you'll need to remember to set your port to something > other than 5432, and tweak your PATH, PGPORT etc or define some > aliases/wrappers so you don't end up running against the default > installation. Oh, and you'll need to tweak the startup scripts and > logging configuration so you get logs somewhere useful. > > I think Tom Lane has a script that lets him switch between different > installations (versions in his case). I only tend to have two versions > active at any one time, so I just define an alias for psql. > alias psql82='/usr/local/pgsql82/bin/psql -p 5434' > On the rare occasion when I run an 8.2 createdb I need to remember to > put the port number in manually of course. > > HTH
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