Hi Sven Thanks for the info. This is a great help. One question: > On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 08:23 +0200, postgresql@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am very new to FreeBSD (Windows Background), but am busy trying to >> implement a PostgreSQL database that I have running in the Windows >> environemtn on FreeBSD. Naturally, most of my problems so far have been >> geeting to grips with FreeBSD. >> >> Anyway, I am having a problem at the moment. Having being previously >> spoilt with the ease of installation on windows, I am sure that I have >> missed the boat on something. > > Freebsd ports is an amazingly easy way to install software. > > >> I downloaded the latest port for PostgreSQL-8.0.4 from postgresql.org. > > the postgresq website does not have Freebsd ports ... just source code > from what I can see. > >> I >> followed the instructions in the documentation and all seemed to work. I >> have successfully created "test" databases and have happily managed to >> connect to the new PostgreSQL server using psql and pgAdmin III(on >> windows). I have now backed up my DB from windows and have created a new >> database on the BSD server. When restoring this DB I got a lot of errors >> related to some of the system installed functions. I then realised that >> the PostgreSQL installation on FreeBSD did not install any of the >> contrib >> modules. I went to the /contrib folder in the port I used to to install >> postgreSQL (/usr/ports/database/postgresql-8.0.4/contrib). I excluded >> /cube and /mysql from the MakeFile (cube seemed to be failing and why >> would I want mysql stuff on PostgreSQL?). I then did a gmake install. >> All >> contribs seemed to install fine. I reran the restore on a clean DB and >> most of the errors went away, but I am still getting errors all related >> to >> system functions looking for '$libdir/admin'. >> >> Does anyone know what I could have missed here? > > It looks like you built from source rather that using the FreeBSD ports > system. Assuming you have a fresh FreeBSD install one would do the > following to achieve your desired end goal. > > 1) cd /usr/ports/databases/postgresql80-server > 2) make && make install > 3) pay attention to the notes at the end about tuning your kernel for > shared memory usage (if you plan on having lots of connections) > 4) cd /usr/ports/databases/postgresql-contrib > 5) make && make install > 6) /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh initdb > 7) /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh start > > Now if your ports tree is out of date (or even if not) you may want to > do the following instead: > > 1) pkg_add -r postgresql80-server > 2) pkg_add -r postgresql-contrib > > Then continue with steps 6 and 7 above. You can verify the package > installation via pkg_info. Also, you may need to build (via ports) or > add (via pkg_add) postgresql80-client. > > HTH > > Sven > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
