Re: deinstallation - reinstallation on Mac OS 10.4

Thanks a lot for your help! By deleting the pgsql directory I get
some steps further. Now I get stuck by a error message saying
"postmaster.pid" already exists, when I try to start postmaster. I am
not really sure what this means because I think I initiated the
database only once, but I guess I have to try a little bit more to
solve this problems.

Best regards,
Christoph Heibl

On 21.07.2007, at 04:40, Sibte Abbas wrote:

> On 7/20/07, Christoph Heibl <christoph(dot)heibl(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>> Dear experts,
>>
>> I' ve been trying to mirror the harddisk of my old mac via
>> firewire on my
>> new computer (Intel Core Duo, OS 10.4.10) which resulted fairly
>> well expect
>> that my postgreSQL got screwed up. I then tried to install it once
>> more, but
>> this failed. I guess I did not remove all the remaining files before
>> installation and I ended up with this failure:
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Christoph-Heibls-Computer:~/src/postgresql-8.2.4 Stoffi$
>> ./configure
>> [....]
>>
>> Christoph-Heibls-Computer:~/src/postgresql-8.2.4 Stoffi$
>> make
>>
>> [....] All of PostgreSQL successfully made. Ready to install.
>>
>> Christoph-Heibls-Computer:~/src/postgresql-8.2.4 Stoffi$
>> make install
>> make -C doc install
>> gzip -d -c ./postgres.tar.gz | ( cd /usr/local/pgsql/doc/html &&
>> /usr/bin/tar xf - )
>> /usr/bin/tar: index.html: Cannot open: File exists
>> /usr/bin/tar: preface.html: Cannot open: File exists
>> /usr/bin/tar: intro-whatis.html: Cannot open: File exists
>> /usr/bin/tar: history.html: Cannot open: File exists
>> /usr/bin/tar: notation.html: Cannot open: File exists
>> /usr/bin/tar: resources.html: Cannot open: File exists
>> [....]
>> /usr/bin/tar: bookindex.html: Cannot open: File exists
>> /usr/bin/tar: LEGALNOTICE.html: Cannot open: File exists
>> /usr/bin/tar: stylesheet.css: Cannot open: File exists
>> /usr/bin/tar: Read 2560 bytes from -
>> /usr/bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>> make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
>> make: *** [install] Error 2
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> The files seem to exist already but I simply do not find them.
>>
>> My questions:
>> Are there deinstallation protocols for Mac? (I was not able to
>> find any...)
>> How can I find and delete these files?
>> Or is it something else that hinders me from installing postgres?
>>
>> I hope to hear from someone who can give me some hints - thanks a
>> lot!
>>
>>
>
> Not a Mac guy here, but I think you should try running configure with
> a different prefix. For example:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql-tmp
>
> This will avoid conflicts with old left over files (if any).
>
> regards,
> --
> Sibte Abbas
> EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com