On 05/19/2018 03:44 PM, Michael Nolan wrote:
On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 5:23 PM, Adrian Klaver
<adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
On 05/19/2018 03:16 PM, Michael Nolan wrote:
On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Don Seiler <don@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:don@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:don@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:don@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Michael Nolan
<htfoot@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:htfoot@xxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:htfoot@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:htfoot@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
initdb is failing on Centos 7 with 10.4 because the install
procedure does not change the ownership of the
/usr/local/pgsql
directory to postgres.
Changing the ownership fixes the problem, but the install
procedure should do this.
Are you using the PGDG repo packages, or the default CentOS
repo
packages? You should use PGDG and those should install under
/var/lib/pgsql.
Don.
-- Don Seiler
www.seiler.us <http://www.seiler.us> <http://www.seiler.us>
I was installing from source code, so I did a configure and a
build (as postgres) and then an install (as root).
Then setting up the $DATADIR is on you:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/install-short.html
<https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/install-short.html>
Shouldn't this also be mentioned in the INSTALL file in the source
directory then?
In the INSTALL file that came with the 10.4 version I downloaded it is:
head -n 30 INSTALL
PostgreSQL Installation from Source Code
This document describes the installation of PostgreSQL using the
source
code distribution. (If you are installing a pre-packaged
distribution,
such as an RPM or Debian package, ignore this document and read the
packager's instructions instead.)
__________________________________________________________________
Short Version
./configure
make
su
make install
adduser postgres
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
su - postgres
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test
The long version is the rest of this document.
__________________________________________________________________
Requirements
In general, a modern Unix-compatible platform should be able to run
PostgreSQL. The platforms that had received specific testing at the
...
Setting up $DATADIR is left up to the user as it a matter of choice for
where you want to locate it.
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Mike Nolan
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