Thread: Problem after RH9 Install of 7.4.2
I recently built my RH9 system and updated the binary RPMs to 7.4.2. I am new to Postgresql, but I think I understand the PDF documentation provided. However, I couldn't find any documentation on starting with the binary RPMs. Instead, the documentation seems to be bent on building postgresql on the system. When I attempt to start the server, ie.: -bash-2.05b$ postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data FATAL: "/usr/local/pgsql/data" is not a valid data directory DETAIL: File "/usr/local/pgsql/data/PG_VERSION" is missing. -bash-2.05b$ I think I must be missing some environment variables and perhaps configuration files. For example, I manually created the /usr/local/pgsql/data after reading the Administrator install instructions. It wasn't there just after installing the RPMs. Also, it appears the RH9 RPMs installed postgresql in different locations than the Administrator documentation implies. I would appreciate any help that you might provide. Regards, Bud Curtis
bud.curtis@direcway.com (Bud Curtis) wrote:
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> When I attempt to start the server, ie.:
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> -bash-2.05b$ postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> FATAL: "/usr/local/pgsql/data" is not a valid data directory
> DETAIL: File "/usr/local/pgsql/data/PG_VERSION" is missing.
> -bash-2.05b$
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You need to read the docs. Start here
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/installation.html
Skip the parts about building pgsql. Read the rest.
Jim
On Sunday 04 April 2004 12:23 am, Bud Curtis wrote: > I recently built my RH9 system and updated the binary RPMs to 7.4.2. > I am new to Postgresql, but I think I understand the PDF documentation > provided. However, I couldn't find any documentation on starting with > the binary RPMs. Instead, the documentation seems to be bent on > building postgresql on the system. See /usr/share/doc/postgresql-7.4.2/README.rpm-dist -- Lamar Owen Director of Information Technology Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu