Re: Postgresql 18 Linux (all flavors) - with installation, create new instance/main database

On Thu, 7 May 2026 at 08:40, David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thursday, May 7, 2026, Dutch Glory <dutch.glory@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> proposal:
>> Postgresql 18 Linux (all flavors) - with installation, create new
>> instance/main database:
>> sudo -u postgres /usr/pgsql-18/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/18/data/
>> initdb
>>
>>
> No, make/ninja install should not create a database.  That is outside its
> appropriate responsibilities.  Installing from source stops once the
> binaries are installed.  Using the installed product is up to the user.
>

Also there are lots of reasons to install Postgres without creating an
instance. This is actually one of the things I don't like about the Ubuntu
installer, which defaults to creating an instance (although this behaviour
can be suppressed by creating a config file with an appropriate directive
first).