From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Ekaterina Amez <ekaterina.amez@zunibal.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Should I care about this error "failed to link /usr/bin/psql [...] exists and it is not a symlink"?
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:14:59 -0500
Message-ID: <32105.1575386099@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <516a1fbf-2323-4278-86f0-e7e4886f73e5@zunibal.com>
References: <516a1fbf-2323-4278-86f0-e7e4886f73e5@zunibal.com>
Ekaterina Amez <ekaterina.amez@zunibal.com> writes:
> I'm installing postgres 9.6 in a CentOS 7 computer that already has
> postgres v9.2 installed (version that comes with CentOS installer) and
> I've seen the message of this mail's subject.
> ...
> failed to link /usr/bin/psql -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-psql: /usr/bin/psql exists and it is not a symlink
> ...
I believe the issue here is that you've got Red Hat's postgresql packages
installed, and they're not set up to participate in alternatives
switching. I'd suggest removing those packages --- having them installed
alongside PGDG postgres packages is going to lead to nothing but grief.
regards, tom lane
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