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Subject: Re: Where is my app installed?
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 17:53:10 -0700
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On Thu, 2024-08-22 at 20:36 -0400, Arbol One wrote:
>
> After installing PostgreSQL on my Debian-12 machine, I typed
> 'postgres --version' and got this msg:
> bash: postgres: command not found
>
> 'psql --version', however, does work and gives me this message :
>
> psql (PostgreSQL) 16.3 (Debian 16.3-1.pgdg120+1)
>
> Obviously postgres is not in the path, but I don't know where the
> 'apt-get' installed it or why it did not add it to the path.
>
> Is there a way I can locate the installation directory?
>
> Thank in advance.
>
>
find / -name postgres
or
dpkg-query -L postgresql-16 | grep 'bin/postgres$'
You wouldn't normally invoke the server from the command line, so it
doesn't need to be in anyone's path.
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