Getting started on Linux RH6.2 ...

Hello

It is probably something quite silly but I have installed all the binaries
from the RH6.2 installation disk and browsed through the manual. These
are:

postgresql-6.5.3-6.i386.rpm postgresql-python-6.5.3-6.i386.rpm
postgresql-devel-6.5.3-6.i386.rpm postgresql-server-6.5.3-6.i386.rpm
postgresql-jdbc-6.5.3-6.i386.rpm postgresql-tcl-6.5.3-6.i386.rpm
postgresql-odbc-6.5.3-6.i386.rpm postgresql-test-6.5.3-6.i386.rpm
postgresql-perl-6.5.3-6.i386.rpm

from which you will see the version.

Firstly the tree as described in the Administrators guide in
/usr/doc/postgresql-6.5.3/admin/layout.htm is very much pruned - in fact
the only directories under /usr/lib/pgsql are:

drwx------ 2 postgres postgres 4096 Jul 23 21:56 backup
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 22 11:19 perl5
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 22 11:18 pgaccess
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 22 11:19 python
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Nov 22 11:18 test

and there is no directory /usr/local/pgsql at all.

So it is not surprising that when I try and run the postmaster, I get
the message:

postgres $ postmaster
/usr/bin/postmaster does not know where to find the database system data.
You must specify the directory that contains the database system either by
specifying the -D invocation option or by setting the PGDATA environment
variable.

No data directory -- can't proceed.

Clues/pointers anyone? I don't want to have to compile it all. Have RH
dropped a thingy?

John