On Wednesday 12 Mar 2003 9:51 pm, P G wrote:
> Has anyone seen this error and managed to get it to
> work? I have installed the PostgreSQL 7.3.1 RPMs, but
> I cannot get the database to initialize. I keep
> getting the following error. BTW, this is on a Cobalt
> RAQ550.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> [root admin]# su -l postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb
> --pgdata=/var/lib/pgsql/data'
> The program
> '/usr/bin/postgres'
> needed by initdb does not belong to PostgreSQL version
> 7.3.1, or
> there may be a configuration problem.
Looks like you have an old version installed too. Check "rpm -qa" and try a
"locate postgres" to see if there's another version.
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Richard Huxton