Re: errors installing postgresl
On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 09:37:59PM -0000, Pollywog wrote:
> Does anyone know what these errors are all about?
> I can't get this installed.
>
> Now installing the PostgreSQL database files in /var/postgres/data
> su - postgres -c
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bi
> n:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/bin/X11/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/root/bin:/usr/local/qt/bin:/usr/l
> ib/postgresql/bin:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin; initdb -l /usr/lib/postgresql/lib
> -r /var/postgres/data -u postgres
> dpkg: error processing postgresql (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> postgresql
The lastest potato package should be using /var/lib/postgres/data as
it's default database home. The postgresql packages have been updated
twice this week for potato. Did you try one of these new versions? Quite
a few bugs have been fixed.
>
> FYI:
>
> lilypad:/home/pollywog#dpkg -l | grep postgresql
> iF postgresql 6.3.2-15 Object-relational SQL database, descended fr
> ii postgresql-dev 6.3.2-15 Header files for libpq (postgresql library)
> ii postgresql-doc 6.3.2-15 Documentation for the PostgreSQL database.
>
> I am using potato but this is a slink version of Postgresql. I had the same
> problems installing the potato version.
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