Thread: PostgreSQL registry entries for apt-get/yum/rpm install

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 01:21:55PM +0530, dinesh kumar wrote:

> Would like to request you to share your valuable inputs on this. I would
> like to know the PostgreSQL registry entries when we install it through
> apt-get/yum/rpm. I mean, when we install the EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL one
> click installer, it creates a registry file as "/etc/postgres-reg.ini" with
> the entries like "Port, Data directory, Superuser, e.t.c ..". Does
> apt-get/yum/rpm based postgresql installation creates the same kind of
> registry file.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry

Regards,
Karsten
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On 2013-04-15, dinesh kumar <dineshkumar02@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Sirs,
>
> Apologizes, if this is a duplicate question.
>
> Would like to request you to share your valuable inputs on this. I would
> like to know the PostgreSQL registry entries when we install it through
> apt-get/yum/rpm.

yes, the packaged versions of postgres are recorded as being present
but this is not in a public data store like the windows registry.

See the documentation for rpm (or dpkg etc, as apropriate)
for how to test for the presence of postgresql.

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