Manuel Preliteiro írta: > Hello, i have installed postgresql version 8.1.4-1.1 in Fedora 6
I have the same system.
> Since I'm very Linux unexperienced I used yum for this purpose. > > I have all the commands installed, liek createdb (under > /usr/bin/createdb witch is not the location specified in the online > manual), i also have the psql "shell/interface" runing and i can > manipulate the databases i create. The postgresql deamon is up and > running also. > > The problem is this location "/var/run/postgresql" does not exists, i > searched in some foruns and it's mentioned a lot so i dont know why i > dont have it... > > I'm using a postgres OCaml library witch has the parameter " > unix_domain_socket_dir = "/var/run/postgresql" " and when i try to > compile it i have the following error:
Set this in your OCaml config:
unix_domain_socket_dir = '/tmp'
since PostgreSQL on Fedora uses the default /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 for its socket.
> File "", line 0, characters 0-1: > Uncaught exception: Unix.Unix_error (20, "connect", "") > Uncaught exception: Unix.Unix_error(20, "connect", "") > > I dont know if the problem comes from the above description (i think > so, but as i said i'm unexperienced in linux), but does any one know > hot to fix it? Did i miss something during install?? I installed the > client, the server and the libs were alredy installed... > > Thank you > Manuel
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