New install doc

From: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>
To: hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: New install doc
Date: 2000-01-20 23:16:41
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2. If you are not upgrading an existing system then skip to .

skip to 4.

6. Install the program. Type

$ gmake install

The installer needs to have write access to the install directory.

8. Create the database installation. To do this you must log in to your
PostgreSQL superuser account. It will not work as root.

$ mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
$ chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data

I thought the data directory was created either in the gmake install step
or initdb. Either way the chown might be better as:

# chown -R postgres:postgres /usr/local/pgsql

that should be the same on most systems with perhaps the exception of the
colon. Anyway it'll make sure that all the files have the correct owners.

9. The previous step should have told you how to start up the database
server. Do so now.

$ /usr/local/pgsql/initdb/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data

Shouldn't that be /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster ??
^^^

Outside of that, it looks great!!

Vince.
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