Sudo -u postgres psql - now works!! Thank you. Now how do I add a role so
that I don't have to use sudo?
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Klaver [mailto:adrian.klaver@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 10:13 AM
To: Kevin Burton
Cc: 'Joshua D. Drake'; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] role does not exist
On 11/01/2012 08:06 AM, Kevin Burton wrote:
> I had to install postgresql-client-common and postgresql-client-9.1 to
> get psql it said that psql was in postgresql-client-common AND
postgresql-xc.
> Now that I know to avoid 'xc' I choose the common and rebooted. Then I
> tried to run psql and I was met with an error that at least one of
> postgresql-client-<version> had to be installed so I installed
> postgresql-client-9.1. Now when I run psql I get the error:
>
> psql: could not connect to server: not such file or directory . . . .
>
> Now what?
You have the client side installed but not the server side. You need to
install the postgresql package. I have to run, will be away from computer
for awhile. Good luck.
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@gmail.com