Re: FW: problems with installing postgres

Adam Witney wrote:
> Forwarding to the mailing list, as I don't know how to fix it....
>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: Henning Klein <kleinh(at)rz(dot)uni-potsdam(dot)de>

> i have major problems installing pgsql on a mac using mac os x 10.2.8.
> everytime i try to start initdb after finishing my installation the mac
> says:
...
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale de_DE.
...
> creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data//base/1... FATAL:
> invalid value for parameter "lc_time": "de_DE"
>

Well, you can run initdb with different locales:
initdb --locale=C
Or, you could just override the invalid time locale:
initdb --lc-time=<CORRECT ZONE HERE>

Now, why de_DE isn't valid, I don't know. Try the output of "locale"
from the command-prompt and see what that says about it.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd