Re: errors installing postgresl
On 23-Oct-99 Eric G . Miller wrote:
> 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:/us
>> r/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.
Actually, I did, and that is why I went back to the stable packages.
I guess I will have to install it from source instead.
thanks
--
Andrew
>
>>
>> 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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