Re: [GENERAL] Environmental Variables

I uninstalled and reinstalled the packages.

I got the following response to  my command "createdb mydb"  (from my
account "dckinder"):


"Connection to database 'template1' failed.
conectDB() -- connect() failed:  No such file or directory
Is the postmaster running at 'localhost' and accepting connections on Unix
socket '5432'?"

This is a single Redhat box.  I am not connecting it over a network.  I have
access to root.


Regards,

Duncan C. Kinder
dckinder@mountain.net



----- Original Message -----
From: Michael R. Anderson <mike@ferrar.wvsc.edu>
To: 'Duncan Kinder' <dckinder@mountain.net>
Cc: <pgsql-general@hub.org>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 7:24 AM
Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Environmental Variables


> Since you installed from rpms, everything is in /var/lib/pgsql.  You do
not need to set any environment variables.  Just start working.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Anderson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Kinder [SMTP:dckinder@mountain.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 3:13 AM
> To: pgsql-general@hub.org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Environmental Variables
>
> I installed the items to be found at
> ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/RPMS/ , which are rpm files for Postgres,
into
> Redhat Linux.
>
> While they appear to have been installed directly, there is no
> /usr/local/pgsql/ or /usr/local/pgsql/bin directory.  Rather various files
> have been installed in /usr/bin/.
>
> But I am not sure all have been installed.
>
> In any event,  the documentation at http://www.postgresql.org/doxlist.html
> states:
>
> "Add the following lines to your login environment: shell,
~/.bash_profile:
>
>  PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/bin
>  MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/pgsql/man
>  PGLIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
>  PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
>  export PATH MANPATH PGLIB PGDATA"
>
> For me, this is impossible, as I do not have any /usr/local/pgsql
directory.
>
> Nor will the postmaster start until and unless I provide it with the
correct
> environmental information.
>
> Since I have installed from rpm's, there must be a set, known set of
> environmental features.  I would appreciate being provided with this
> information.
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Duncan C. Kinder
> dckinder@mountain.net
>
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