Обсуждение: Difficulty installing postgresql on Max OSX Leopard.
I'm working with an open source Electronic Medical Record application 'GNUmed" which uses postgresql. I've had a difficult time installing version 8.4.1 from source code on my Mac.
The best set of instruction i've found is from http://zanshin.net/2009/09/07/installing-postgresql-on-mac-10-6-snow-leopard/, however it did not quite do the trick. Going by the instructions there:
On starting the server:bash-3.2$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data/ -l server.log start
If I use this command to stop server I get:/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsqsl/data/ -l server.log stoppg_ctl: PID file "/usr/local/pgsqsl/data/postmaster.pid" does not existIs server running?
Creating the db:bash-3.2$ createdb testdbcreatedb: could not connect to database postgres: could not connect to server: No such file or directoryIs the server running locally and acceptingconnections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
The server.log entries:postgres cannot access the server configuration file "/usr/local/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf": No such file or directoryThe file does existls dataPG_VERSION global pg_hba.conf pg_multixact pg_subtrans pg_twophase postgresql.confbase pg_clog pg_ident.conf pg_stat_tmp pg_tblspc pg_xlog postmaster.opts
Also, when attempting to unzip some src files, including the one I got from this site I get this:
tar -zxvf postgresql-8.4.1.tar.gz
tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file type or format
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
THis is very strange to me!
The file I'm using came from source forge.
Any hints about this installation is greatly appreciated.
Don Fox
P.S. The app that will using postgresql is written in python.