FC5. Using yum (which downloaded a few addition dependencies in the process) to install:
postgresql
postgresql-server
postgresql-libs
postgresql-docs
postgresql-contrib
postgresql-jdbd
postgresql-odbc
postgresql-pl
postgresql-server
postgresql-libs
postgresql-docs
postgresql-contrib
postgresql-jdbd
postgresql-odbc
postgresql-pl
[root@computer-13aaa0 ~]# /sbin/chkconfig postgresql on
[root@computer-13aaa0 ~]# /sbin/service postgresql start
Initializing database: [ OK ]
Starting postgresql service: [FAILED]
[root@computer-13aaa0 ~]# su - postgres
-bash-3.1$ psql template1
psql: FATAL: could not open file "global/pg_database": No such file or directory
-bash-3.1$
[root@computer-13aaa0 ~]# /sbin/service postgresql start
Initializing database: [ OK ]
Starting postgresql service: [FAILED]
[root@computer-13aaa0 ~]# su - postgres
-bash-3.1$ psql template1
psql: FATAL: could not open file "global/pg_database": No such file or directory
-bash-3.1$
