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* Re: Majordomo results: Re: 6A20-D98E-81DE : CONFIRM from pgsql-
@ 2002-02-23 15:40  Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
  parent: deny <deny@monaco.net>
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From: Thomas Lockhart @ 2002-02-23 15:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: deny <deny@monaco.net>; +Cc: pgsql-docs

deny wrote:
> 
> good morning
> can you excuse my bad english , i m french!!
> i try to install postgreql on mandrake 8  with source version
...
> creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1...
> initdb failed.
> i really don t know why initdb failled

You might already have an older version of PostgreSQL installed as RPMs?

                    - Thomas



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* Re: Majordomo results: Re: 6A20-D98E-81DE : CONFIRM from pgsql-
@ 2002-02-23 17:35  deny <deny@monaco.net>
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread

From: deny @ 2002-02-23 17:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-docs

good morning
can you excuse my bad english , i m french!!
i try to install postgreql on mandrake 8  with source version

i do

./configure gmake
su
gmake install
adduser postgres
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
su - postgres /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &

/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test


et when i try initdb ; i ve this message:



[postgres@localhost data]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D
/usr/local/pgsql/data
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"postgres".
This user must also own the server process.

Fixing permissions on existing directory /usr/local/pgsql/data... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog... ok
creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1...
initdb failed.


i really don t know why initdb failled



thanks for you advise ...




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* Re: Majordomo results: Re: 6A20-D98E-81DE : CONFIRM from pgsql-
@ 2002-02-23 19:08  Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
  parent: deny <deny@monaco.net>
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread

From: Tom Lane @ 2002-02-23 19:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: deny <deny@monaco.net>; +Cc: pgsql-docs

deny <deny@monaco.net> writes:
> creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1...
> initdb failed.

> i really don t know why initdb failled

Try running initdb with --debug so you can see more debugging output.
(Caution: it might be pretty voluminous; but only the last few lines
are likely to be interesting.)

			regards, tom lane



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