Thread: /var/run/postgresql ??

Hello, i have installed postgresql version 8.1.4-1.1 in Fedora 6

Since I'm very Linux unexperienced I used yum for this purpose.

I have all the commands installed, liek createdb (under /usr/bin/createdb witch is not the location specified in the online manual), i also have the psql "shell/interface" runing and i can manipulate the databases i create. The postgresql deamon is up and running also.

The problem is this location "/var/run/postgresql" does not exists, i searched in some foruns and it's mentioned a lot so i dont know why i dont have it...

I'm using a postgres OCaml library witch has the parameter " unix_domain_socket_dir = "/var/run/postgresql" " and when i try to compile it i have the following error:

File "", line 0, characters 0-1:
Uncaught exception: Unix.Unix_error (20, "connect", "")
Uncaught exception: Unix.Unix_error(20, "connect", "")

I dont know if the problem comes from the above description (i think so, but as i said i'm unexperienced in linux), but does any one know hot to fix it? Did i miss something during install?? I installed the client, the server and the libs were alredy installed...

Thank you
Manuel

Hi,

Manuel Preliteiro írta:
> Hello, i have installed postgresql version 8.1.4-1.1 in Fedora 6

I have the same system.

> Since I'm very Linux unexperienced I used yum for this purpose.
>
> I have all the commands installed, liek createdb (under
> /usr/bin/createdb witch is not the location specified in the online
> manual), i also have the psql "shell/interface" runing and i can
> manipulate the databases i create. The postgresql deamon is up and
> running also.
>
> The problem is this location "/var/run/postgresql" does not exists, i
> searched in some foruns and it's mentioned a lot so i dont know why i
> dont have it...
>
> I'm using a postgres OCaml library witch has the parameter "
> unix_domain_socket_dir = "/var/run/postgresql" " and when i try to
> compile it i have the following error:

Set this in your OCaml config:

unix_domain_socket_dir = '/tmp'

since PostgreSQL on Fedora uses the default
/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 for its socket.

> File "", line 0, characters 0-1:
> Uncaught exception: Unix.Unix_error (20, "connect", "")
> Uncaught exception: Unix.Unix_error(20, "connect", "")
>
> I dont know if the problem comes from the above description (i think
> so, but as i said i'm unexperienced in linux), but does any one know
> hot to fix it? Did i miss something during install?? I installed the
> client, the server and the libs were alredy installed...
>
> Thank you
> Manuel

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Cybertec Geschwinde & Schönig GmbH
http://www.postgresql.at/

Your a life saver :D

Thank you for the super fast anser
Manuel