Re: help:error while running postgres after installing postgresql server from source code

On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Shubham Barai <shubhambaraiss(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:
>
> I was trying to install postgresql from source code on ubuntu.I followed
all the instructions and installed all the packages.I was also able to
create database cluster but when I executed this command 'postgres -D
/usr/local/pgsql/data' I got this
>
> $ postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> > The program 'postgres' is currently not installed. You can install it by
> > typing:
> > sudo apt-get install postgres-xc

That really depends on where you did install the binary files. Did you
specify a --prefix option when running configure script? If so, you might
need a command like the following:

$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data

Actually, assuming you've created the database by using the newly installed
initdb command, you just need to replace "initdb" with "postgres" in that
command.

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Alex