Обсуждение: installing postgresql
hi, i'm really having a difficult time setting up postgresql on my home computer. i have v7.3.2 preinstalled with my OS, but it's really confusing trying to comprehend it. there's no usr/local/pgsql/ folder - it's really hard to find files like postgres.conf. the files seem to be all over the place :( i'd like to just start again & reinstall a new version from scratch. (do i need to uninstall 7.3.2 first?). here's what i need to able to do (so that i can simulate labs for a 300-level Database Management course at home): * create & run a pgsql server * create & maintain pgsql databases * JDBC support could some1 please advise me as to the exact files that i need to download (ie, version, source/rpm etc) in order to meet my needs. please be as clear as possible :) thanx for any help u can offer sam comp details: dell 600m inspiron laptop (1.4GHz, 512RAM) i686 Redhat 9.0 OS
hi, yes, you are having a hard time try this: 'su - postgres' and see what is around where that lands you (in postgres' home directory). It may not be standard or not,but I have $(home_postgres)/data/postgresql.conf so that may be where it is. $PGDATA is an environment var which holdswhere the data is, if you are curious. I don't know why you need that file, though. You have start scripts for the server, you can use those as root to start/stopthe server. Redhat rpms throw stuff in the most stupid places. To find where it did put things, do rpm -qa |grep postgresql then when you see which rpms you have, you can see what files the rpm installed with 'rpm -ql ...rpm_name....'(you can do them both a la meme fois si vous voulez avec 'rpm -ql `rpm -qa | grep postgres`' You only should upgrade at all if you can't start the server and connect to it. For your labs, 7.3.2 has everything youneed, for sure!! I don't think you should at this point. See what you have first. To connect to the server, see if it is running by doing 'ps -aux' (linux) and looking for postmaster process. And, trytyping 'psql -d template1'. You shouldn't need a pass to connect to them?? On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:15:39PM +1300, stm23 wrote: > hi, i'm really having a difficult time setting up postgresql on my home > computer. i have v7.3.2 preinstalled with my OS, but it's really confusing > trying to comprehend it. there's no usr/local/pgsql/ folder - it's really > hard to find files like postgres.conf. the files seem to be all over the > place :( i'd like to just start again & reinstall a new version from scratch. > (do i need to uninstall 7.3.2 first?). here's what i need to able to do (so > that i can simulate labs for a 300-level Database Management course at home): > > * create & run a pgsql server > * create & maintain pgsql databases > * JDBC support > > could some1 please advise me as to the exact files that i need to download > (ie, version, source/rpm etc) in order to meet my needs. please be as clear > as possible :) > > thanx for any help u can offer > sam > > comp details: > dell 600m inspiron laptop (1.4GHz, 512RAM) > i686 > Redhat 9.0 OS > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly -- joe speigle www.sirfsup.com
also try typing: locate pgsql. If your locate db is up to date, it should give you the location of the files you seek. On Wed March 10 2004 11:35 pm, joseph speigle wrote: > hi, > yes, you are having a hard time > > try this: > > 'su - postgres' and see what is around where that lands you (in postgres' > home directory). It may not be standard or not, but I have > $(home_postgres)/data/postgresql.conf so that may be where it is. $PGDATA > is an environment var which holds where the data is, if you are curious. > > I don't know why you need that file, though. You have start scripts for > the server, you can use those as root to start/stop the server. Redhat > rpms throw stuff in the most stupid places. To find where it did put > things, do rpm -qa | grep postgresql then when you see which rpms you have, > you can see what files the rpm installed with 'rpm -ql ...rpm_name....' > (you can do them both a la meme fois si vous voulez avec 'rpm -ql `rpm -qa > | grep postgres`' > > > You only should upgrade at all if you can't start the server and connect to > it. For your labs, 7.3.2 has everything you need, for sure!! I don't > think you should at this point. See what you have first. > > To connect to the server, see if it is running by doing 'ps -aux' (linux) > and looking for postmaster process. And, try typing 'psql -d template1'. > You shouldn't need a pass to connect to them?? > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:15:39PM +1300, stm23 wrote: > > hi, i'm really having a difficult time setting up postgresql on my home > > computer. i have v7.3.2 preinstalled with my OS, but it's really > > confusing trying to comprehend it. there's no usr/local/pgsql/ folder - > > it's really hard to find files like postgres.conf. the files seem to be > > all over the place :( i'd like to just start again & reinstall a new > > version from scratch. (do i need to uninstall 7.3.2 first?). here's what > > i need to able to do (so that i can simulate labs for a 300-level > > Database Management course at home): > > > > * create & run a pgsql server > > * create & maintain pgsql databases > > * JDBC support > > > > could some1 please advise me as to the exact files that i need to > > download (ie, version, source/rpm etc) in order to meet my needs. please > > be as clear as possible :) > > > > thanx for any help u can offer > > sam > > > > comp details: > > dell 600m inspiron laptop (1.4GHz, 512RAM) > > i686 > > Redhat 9.0 OS > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly