Re: A simple question: Why 'pg_ctl: command not found...' ?

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: BeginnerC <chuxuec(at)outlook(dot)com>, PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: A simple question: Why 'pg_ctl: command not found...' ?
Date: 2022-03-08 09:50:04
Message-ID: 37d8bacd9f487e572c807f3d5e5b83ae18c02c68.camel@cybertec.at
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On Tue, 2022-03-08 at 17:44 +0800, BeginnerC wrote:
> When I start to learn the 'pg_ctl',
> the bash echo 'pg_ctl: command not found...' and then print 'Install package 'postgresql-server' to provide command 'pg_ctl'? [N/y]'
> I am confused because I had already install the PostgreSQL correctly just follow the postgres Document,
> to prove that,I use the psql to connect to the postgres and execute some sql statements
> (Just like 'CREATE TABLE', 'SELECT' and 'INSERT'),and these statements executed successfully.
> So how to solve this problem? Should I use the dnf to install the 'postgresql-server' or just add some path to the environment variable?
> My system is Fedora 35 and the PostgreSQL version is 14.

Ignore the overly helpful prompt to install PostgreSQL packages from your Linux distribution.

Your only problem is that /usr/pgsql-14/bin is not in your PATH environment variable.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com

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