Re: Installing Postgresql

"Stiaan" <foresters(at)pixie(dot)co(dot)za> writes:

>
> Ok, help me here.
>
> Whenever I try to run Postmaster or I start the deamon it gives me the error
> message that he PGDATA directory cannot be found. I've set it in my
> .bash_profile file in /etc/skel : /home/user : /root directories.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanx Sti
>
>

As a sanity test, try setting the PGDATA and PGLIB manually and
starting the postmaster manually. Logged in as the postgres user and
looking at a bash prompt do:

export PGLIB=/wherever/you/keep/the/postgres/lib/files
export PGDATA=/wherever/you/keep/the/database
postmaster

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