Thread: Postgres installation killing me
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)
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/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)