you have a data directory alredy? try to use another directory $ mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data2 $ chown postgres:postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data2 $ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data2 --- On Thu, 5/7/09, Jan Muhammad <janmuhd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Jan Muhammad <janmuhd@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: How to run PostgreSQL? > To: "Ray Stell" <stellr@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 3:19 PM > Hi, > > Yes I had done that step prior to writing on group. But now > if I try to re-run I get the following error: > > [postgres@callisto local]$ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data > > The files belonging to this database system will be owned > by user "postgres". > This user must also own the server process. > > The database cluster will be initialized with locale > en_US.UTF-8. > The default database encoding has accordingly been set to > UTF8. > > initdb: directory "/usr/local/pgsql/data" exists > but is not empty > If you want to create a new database system, either remove > or empty > the directory "/usr/local/pgsql/data" or run > initdb > with an argument other than > "/usr/local/pgsql/data" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Wonder what step I have missed? > > -Jan Muhammad > > > --- On Thu, 5/7/09, Ray Stell <stellr@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > From: Ray Stell <stellr@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: How to run PostgreSQL? > To: "Jan Muhammad" <janmuhd@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 5:26 PM > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 04:38:59AM -0700, Jan Muhammad > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have just downloaded, installed/configured > postgresql version 8.2.11 on Fedora Core 6. While reading > through the installation manual have setup most of its > parts; now while trying to run datebase server with the > command:?? > > $ postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data > > > did you do initdb? > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/creating-cluster.html -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
