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

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> — 2026-05-07T13:35:29Z

On 2026-05-07 Th 8:44 AM, Isaac Morland wrote:
> 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).


+1 It's annoyed me many times.


cheers


andrew

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