Re: install

ok, where can i get an rpm package for postgres?

On Wednesday 01 March 2006 11:12, Tom Lane wrote:
> crdandridge1@comcast.net writes:
> > silly me! i was trying "adduser" when the command i needed to use was
> > "useradd"....boy do i feel stupid....now i'm at the part where i do "su -
> > postgres" and its asking me for a password but i don't remember ever
> > setting up one...any ideas?
>
> If you're looking for an easy installation process, why don't you use
> one of the rpm or deb-style packagings of Postgres, instead of trying
> to build the raw source code?
>
> The short answer to your question above is "su to root first then
> postgres", but it's obvious from the questions you're asking that
> you're very unfamiliar with linux system administration, so I'm
> wondering why you're insisting on doing it the hard way...
>
>             regards, tom lane
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