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1. Installing PostgreSQL

   David Godin <godind@remove_this.voxco.com> — 1999-09-20T18:59:55Z

   Hi all,
   
   This is the output of initdb after a clean install of all the 6.5.1-2 RPMs
   I downloaded from ftp.postgreSQL.org. To install them I did an "rpm -ivh post*".
   I'm using RedHat 6 on x86 with 64 Meg Ram and 300 Meg of HD space left.
    
   I used "initdb -l /usr/lib/pgsql -r /var/lib/pgsql/data -u postgres -d" to 
   initialyse the database (This is what they say in the manual).
   
   Running with debug mode on.
   initdb: using /usr/lib/pgsql/local1_template1.bki.source as input to create the template database.
   initdb: using /usr/lib/pgsql/global1.bki.source as input to create the global classes.
   initdb: using /usr/lib/pgsql/pg_hba.conf.sample as the host-based authentication control file.
   We are initializing the database system with username postgres (uid=104).
   This user will own all the files and must also own the server process.
   Creating template database in /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/template1
   Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/var/lib/pgsql/data -d template1
   initdb: could not create template database
   initdb: cleaning up by wiping out /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/template1
   
   This is a "ls -al /var/lib/pgsql"
   total 4
   drwx------ 3 postgres postgres 1024 Sep 20 14:09 .
   drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 1024 Sep 17 11:07 ..
   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 Sep 1 00:55 odbcinst.ini
   
   It's obvious i'm doing something wrong! Can someone help me?
   
   David Godin
   godind@REMOVE_THIS.voxco.com
   

2. Re: Installing PostgreSQL

   Bill Geddes <geddes@col.hp.com> — 1999-09-21T23:11:59Z

   David Godin <godind@remove_this.voxco.com> wrote:
   
   > Hi all,
   
   > This is the output of initdb after a clean install of all the 6.5.1-2 RPMs
   > I downloaded from ftp.postgreSQL.org. To install them I did an "rpm -ivh post*".
   .
   .
   .
   > It's obvious i'm doing something wrong! Can someone help me?
   
   > David Godin
   > godind@REMOVE_THIS.voxco.com
   
   I have installed postgres on a few Debian systems - and have been
   able to test the postgresql database just fine right out of the
   box.  Perhaps you could take the debian package, run it through
   alien and install it instead of your rpm package.  Some extra work,
   but...
   
   -- 
   Bill Geddes                            
     geddes@col.hp.com