Dpkg -l | grep postgresql shows postgresql-9.1 postgresql-common postgresql-client-common postgresql-doc postgresql-doc-9.1 Ps -ax | grep postgresql shows Postgresql I still get ' psql: FATAL: role "postgres" does not exist' when I execute 'sudo -u postgres psql'. -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrian Klaver Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 8:24 AM To: Kevin Burton Cc: 'Joshua D. Drake'; pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: role does not exist On 11/01/2012 05:02 AM, Kevin Burton wrote: > There is a tutorial directory but it has a README that I need to type 'make' > to view the files. Well, make wasn't available so I installed 'make' > with apt-get. Then I was met with an error apparently from the > Makefile that > pg_conf: command not found. I seem to be getting farther and farther > from the original question, that of role "postgres" does not exist. > I just tested an install of Postgres on Ubuntu and sudo -u postgres psql worked just fine. Are you sure you installed all of the Postgres packages? What does dpkg -l| grep postgresql show? Is Postgres is running? What does ps ax| grep postgresql show? > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general