From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
To: hiroki.yotsukura@gsa.gov
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: No documentation on how pg_ctl is installed
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:43:41 +0200
Message-ID: <afa13fb6-a698-48ed-b136-9ba1466aefe6@eisentraut.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <171387603432.682.6032050963908584072@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <171387603432.682.6032050963908584072@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
On 23.04.24 14:40, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/app-pg-ctl.html
> Description:
>
> I have used postgresql@14 for several years and have always used pg_ctl to
> start the postgres server, check status etc.
>
> I tried upgrading to postgresql@15 with the command brew install
> postgresql@15 on a Mac from Terminal and pg_ctl is apparently not installed.
> The Documentation page for pg_ctl goes into all kinds of detail about the
> utility, the options to use, etc. but NOTHING about how it is installed,
> troubleshooting when it doesn't work or when it is not found. Google
> searches yield very little information also.
I see pg_ctl in the normal package-specific bin directory, e.g.,
/usr/local/opt/postgresql@15/bin/pg_ctl or
/opt/homebrew/opt/postgresql@15/bin/pg_ctl.
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