Thread: 7.1 installation problem

7.1 installation problem

From
Alexander Jerusalem
Date:
Hi,

I'm running into problems while trying to install 7.1 beta 4 (on RedHat
Linux 7 with bug fixes applied)
I've downloaded the rpms but when I do an rpm -iv
postgres-7.1beta4-1.i386.rpm it complains about an unresolved dependency on
libreadline.so.3. I have a libreadline.so.4. Is that ok?

When I ignore dependencies and continue to install, postgres won't start
because it says: "The program /usrbin/postgres needed by initdb does not
belong to PostgreSQL version 7.1beta4. Check your installation"

Any hint would be greately appreciated.

Alexander Jerusalem
VKNN
ajeru@gmx.net


Re: 7.1 installation problem

From
Peter Eisentraut
Date:
Alexander Jerusalem writes:

> I'm running into problems while trying to install 7.1 beta 4 (on RedHat
> Linux 7 with bug fixes applied)
> I've downloaded the rpms but when I do an rpm -iv
> postgres-7.1beta4-1.i386.rpm it complains about an unresolved dependency on
> libreadline.so.3. I have a libreadline.so.4. Is that ok?

It should be.  The RPMs are broken in that respect.

> When I ignore dependencies and continue to install, postgres won't start
> because it says: "The program /usrbin/postgres needed by initdb does not
> belong to PostgreSQL version 7.1beta4. Check your installation"

Don't run initdb as root.  The error message has been corrected in current
sources.

--
Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/



Re: 7.1 installation problem

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Alexander Jerusalem <ajeru@gmx.net> writes:
> When I ignore dependencies and continue to install, postgres won't start
> because it says: "The program /usrbin/postgres needed by initdb does not
> belong to PostgreSQL version 7.1beta4. Check your installation"

In beta4, it's possible that this message will appear when the real
problem is that you're trying to run initdb as root.  (Bad interaction
of error checks :-(.)  If so, su to postgres first.

            regards, tom lane

Re: 7.1 installation problem

From
Alexander Jerusalem
Date:
Thanks Peter and Tom! It works!

Alexander Jerusalem
VKNN
ajeru@gmx.net


Re: 7.1 installation problem

From
Lamar Owen
Date:
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Alexander Jerusalem writes:
> > I'm running into problems while trying to install 7.1 beta 4 (on RedHat
> > Linux 7 with bug fixes applied)
> > I've downloaded the rpms but when I do an rpm -iv
> > postgres-7.1beta4-1.i386.rpm it complains about an unresolved dependency on
> > libreadline.so.3. I have a libreadline.so.4. Is that ok?

> It should be.  The RPMs are broken in that respect.

No, they're not broken -- unless being built on RedHat 6.2 qualifies as
broken.  RedHat 7 has many differences from RedHat 6.2.  The best thing
to do (until RH 7 RPM's are built -- final release will definitely have
RH 7 binaries) is to rebuild from the source RPM on all BUT RedHat 6.2.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
1 Peter 4:11

Re: 7.1 installation problem

From
teg@redhat.com (Trond Eivind Glomsrød)
Date:
Alexander Jerusalem <ajeru@gmx.net> writes:

> I'm running into problems while trying to install 7.1 beta 4 (on
> RedHat Linux 7 with bug fixes applied)
> I've downloaded the rpms but when I do an rpm -iv
> postgres-7.1beta4-1.i386.rpm it complains about an unresolved
> dependency on libreadline.so.3. I have a libreadline.so.4. Is that ok?

Install the readline2.2.1-2.2.1-2 rpm (which comes with Red Hat
Linux 7 - look on your CD or ftp mirror) for backwards compatibility.

--
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.