Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF4EC475BF9 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:42:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from water.oasis.net.au (water.oasis.net.au [210.8.139.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76FD4475B99 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:42:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from oasis.net.au (guardian [210.8.139.5]) by water.oasis.net.au (8.9.3/100.1) with ESMTP id RAA09125; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:18:25 +1000 X-Authentication-Warning: water.oasis.net.au: Host guardian [210.8.139.5] claimed to be oasis.net.au Message-ID: <3DDB2E61.6060203@oasis.net.au> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:40:33 +1000 From: Rudi Starcevic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hugh Esco Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Problems invoking psql. Help please. References: <5.1.0.14.0.20021116140623.031cbec0@petra.cagreens.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20021116140623.031cbec0@petra.cagreens.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20021118232418.03868810@petra.cagreens.org> <18156.1037685401@sss.pgh.pa.us> <5.1.0.14.0.20021119105355.0297a630@petra.cagreens.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20021120001957.04247c40@petra.cagreens.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200211/292 X-Sequence-Number: 10434 >> biko:/usr/bin# psql -U postgres template1 Maybe try : biko:/usr/bin# psql tempate1 -U postgres I use PG on Debian too. I much prefer to compile from source. It's very easy why don't you give it a try. I've never had a problem compiling from source, just make sure to follow the instruction's carefully in the INSTALL file. Good luck Regards Rudi.