Re: Problem in postgresql installation

From: "P(dot) Jourdan" <pippo(at)videotron(dot)ca>
To: "Pierre-Alexis Paquin" <papaquin(at)i2m(dot)fr>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Problem in postgresql installation
Date: 2002-04-15 14:41:39
Message-ID: 5.1.0.14.2.20020415103852.00adaae8@pop.videotron.ca
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At 09:22 AM 4/9/2002 +0200, Pierre-Alexis wrote:
>Someone wrote me :
>1. Did you initialized your database with initdb ?
>2. Have you started Postgres with postmaster -i or pg_ctl start ?
>3. Have you modified parameters in $PGDATA/postgresql.conf file ?
>Follow your answers, you have solved your problem
>
>1.When i type initdb it said me that it's not possible to create specific
>directories (pgsql and data)
>2. How am I supposed to use the postmaster or pg_ctl ??
>3. The installation is not complete so i haven't a postgresql.conf file ....

I have had such problems too, I suggest looking at the page:
http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?installation.html
and you should be able to find answers there, as I did.
Philip Jourdan

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